Northland Nature: Nursery web spider creates hiding place for eggs Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods ...

As we leave July and enter August, we reach the time of midsummer. According to the calendar, the middle date between summer solstice and autumnal equinox is August 6. This is when we notice more ...

Among nursery web spiders, sexual cannibalism, as it’s called, happens only about 2 to 4 percent of the time and almost always before copulation, ...

The nursery web spider spins a small, sack-like web in high weeds or low shrubs. Its web is […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 60°F. Tuesday, December 3rd 2024 ...

The nursery web spider (scientific name Pisaura mirabilis) spends the winter months from around November to late February in dormancy. They then emerge to continue their development as youngsters ...

Aug. 2—It's a great time to see some midsummer happenings in nature. The warm days, often with scattered thundershowers at the end following an early morning of dew, keep us looking. My daily ...

Gradually, week by week, spring is coming, and wildlife species emerge. In local woods there are great tits, wood pigeons, and mistle thrushes singing, and more insistent with the passing days. At ...