http://arthropodecology.com/2015/04/09/what-to-do-with-a-spider-in-your-fruit/ Writings about arthropod ecology, arachnids & academia at McGill University Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://arthropodecology.com/2015/04/09/what-to-do-with-a-spider-in-your-fruit/#comment-90382 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:33:32 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2574#comment-90382 […] at McGill University who hosts a great blog on spiders; he has information on the zebra spider and what to do if you find a spider in your fruit. The one pictured at left was hanging out on my wall near a computer monitor and desk lamp, both of […]

]]> http://arthropodecology.com/2015/04/09/what-to-do-with-a-spider-in-your-fruit/#comment-90380 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:11:56 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2574#comment-90380 […] at McGill University who hosts a great blog on spiders; he has information on the zebra spider and what to do if you find a spider in your fruit. The one pictured at left was hanging out on my wall near a computer monitor and desk lamp, both of […]

]]> http://arthropodecology.com/2015/04/09/what-to-do-with-a-spider-in-your-fruit/#comment-74960 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:14:57 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2574#comment-74960 Thanks for the comment – it’s much appreciated. These stories about scary spiders in fruit seem to rotate around the globe, and are essentially the same every time. And, they are mostly about raising fear and panic instead of telling the actual facts.

]]> http://arthropodecology.com/2015/04/09/what-to-do-with-a-spider-in-your-fruit/#comment-74836 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 17:26:07 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2574#comment-74836 Nicely done! Hope you can help restore some sanity to the spiderphobic public, but I fear the tabloids must have their breakfast of fear at regular intervals. Another scary banana story moved just today: http://www.thejournal.ie/aldi-banana-spider-2036099-Apr2015/ . Now it’s the Irish, not the Brits, who are having fits. At least they mention (in the very, very last line) that the spider was completely harmless.

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