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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 425

spiders

Illustrative: A spider inside a deep dark cave. (iStock by Getty Images)
February 16, 2023, 10:13 am
7 new spider species found in the depths of Israeli caves
Hebrew University-led research discovers blind and semi-blind arachnids in Galilee and central Israel surprisingly closer evolutionarily to European species than to their neighbors
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a brown spider (JasonOndreicka; iStock by Getty Images)
April 30, 2018, 11:48 am
Male spiders prefer mature aggressive females over fertile young ones
Israeli researchers say older female mates are 50 percent more likely to eat males after sex
By Shoshanna Solomon
A female Brown Widow spider guards her eggs. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)
March 14, 2018, 5:18 am
Israeli study: Male brown widow spiders prefer females who eat them
Researchers find males consistently choose older mates, despite their being less fertile and far more likely to cannibalize them
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of spider webs covering trees along the Soreq Creek near Jerusalem, November 2017. (YouTube)
November 9, 2017, 7:45 pm
Spiders turn Jerusalem area creek into haunted wonderland
Treated sewage water in the Soreq stream attracts mosquitoes, which in turn feed millions of the spiders
By Stuart Winer
A velvet spider. (photo credit: CC-BY, Jon Richfield, Flickr)
February 17, 2016, 4:24 am
Israeli study: Fear of spiders makes them look bigger
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University find people afraid of arachnids consistently view them as larger than those who are not
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A venemous redback spider female, found in suburban Sydney, NSW, Australia. Sydney police did not say what species of spider they found at local home on November 22, 2015 (Toby Hudson / Wikipedia)
November 26, 2015, 2:39 pm
Police rush to prevent murder, find dead spider
‘What about the women screaming?’ asked cops. Male: ‘Yeah, sorry that was me. I really really hate spiders’
By ToI Staff
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