Rams complete series sweep of Spiders
Richmond Times Dispatch
Seth Greene (Deep Run) pitched 7 2/3 innings, allowing no runs on five hits to pick up the win. The Spiders scattered five hits throughout the lineup, with Jacob Mayers (Hanover) and Nick Poulos (Douglas Freeman) each getting a hit and Mayers lasting ...

Spiders: Capturing Prey in Silken Netting and Sticky Hairs
Science Daily (press release)
May 16, 2013 — The great ecological success of spiders is often substantiated by the evolution of silk and webs. Biologists of the Kiel University and the University of Bern now found an alternative adaptation to hunting prey: hairy adhesive pads, so ...

Successful Cruelty of Spiders
California Academy of Sciences
Even though most of them are harmless, spiders tend to have a bad reputation. But now, two publications find that maybe this bad rap is warranted. The first, published this month in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, looks at Micaria sociabilis, a ...

For social spiders, preying together aids younger siblings
Cornell Chronicle
The behavior of social spiders may settle debates over the benefits of older siblings. Cornell researchers studying Australian social huntsman spiders have discovered that younger siblings thrive when raised in nests with older siblings. Bigger ...

Surprise! Male Spiders Eat Females, Too
National Geographic
We've known for years that female black widow spiders and other arachnids eat males during mating. Now, new research shows that males of a type of ground spider known as Micaria sociabilis also eat females, and scientists are trying to figure out what ...
News in Brief: Cannibalistic spiders may just be choosy guysScience News

For Spiders, It Cruel to Be Kind
Science AAAS
Not all spiders earn their frightening reputations. Even within a single species, some individuals are much mellower than others. Take the social spider Anelosimus studiosus, a native of North and South American forests that builds collective webs that ...