Brown Widow Spider Reported for the First Time in Tahiti
By Josh Lancette Tahiti is a popular tourist destination, but one unwanted visitor has decided to make its home there: the brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus). A paper published in […]
Spider Bites Highly Unlikely to Cause Bacterial Infections, Study Finds
Last year, spider expert Richard S. Vetter, a former staff research associate at the University of California, Riverside, debunked the myth that venomous spiders are commonly found in bananas and […]
Arachnophobic Entomologists: When Two More Legs Make a Big Difference
For some entomologists, an apparent paradox exists: Despite choosing a career working with insects, they exhibit negative feelings toward spiders which range from mild disgust to extreme arachnophobia. An article […]