http://arthropodecology.com/2015/05/14/unanswered-arachnological-research-questions/ Writings about arthropod ecology, arachnids & academia at McGill University Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:00:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://arthropodecology.com/2015/05/14/unanswered-arachnological-research-questions/#comment-87384 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:50:44 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2636#comment-87384 Thanks for the comment! I see that paper being referenced here from the B.A.S: http://wiki.britishspiders.org.uk/index.php5?title=BAS_Bulletin_Volume_3 I’m going to have to track that down and read it carefully! You make a very good point.

]]> http://arthropodecology.com/2015/05/14/unanswered-arachnological-research-questions/#comment-87265 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 18:37:40 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2636#comment-87265 Great post–and your questions #1 and #2 combine to make me think of yet another. What about that 1975 study (Duffey, Green) that claimed to show medically significant bites from teeny linyphiid spiders? Was it ever backed up or reproduced? (I can’t seem to find a copy.) This comes to mind amid the recent news stories from Australia about ballooning linyphiids falling like snow. You can work your tail off reassuring people that ballooning is not only natural and common but that a 3mm spider isn’t going to hurt you, and then somebody finds the second- or third-hand reference to the 1975 study suggesting that they can. Thus there are various sites that list money spiders as among the “venomous spiders of Britain.” Sigh.

]]> http://arthropodecology.com/2015/05/14/unanswered-arachnological-research-questions/#comment-83627 Thu, 14 May 2015 14:13:16 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2636#comment-83627 Excellent post.

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