But what about the beach? Or in a stream? Some spiders make their homes near or, more rarely, in water: tucking into the base of kelp stalks, spinning watertight cocoons in ponds or lakes ...
Bernard is in love with a water spider. He wants to replace his wife Catherine with the spider because she bores him. The spider transforms into a tarantula and later in a mysterious mute girl ...
To increase this likelihood, such worms seem able to induce their hapless hosts to seek water, spiders sometimes actually walking into the water before the worm emerges. This behavior may result ...
Now, researchers at NIBIO are studying how sprinkling with water can reduce the pressure from spider mites. The two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) is a small arachnid that can attack a ...