When people talk about crazy zombie fungi that hijack bug bodies, they're usually talking about cordyceps. I recently learned about this similar fungal pathogen that lives in dank basement and likes to attach itself to common cellar spiders through the joints in their legs, slowly consuming their insides until all that's left is a fuzzy white ghost husk hanging in your basement. Neat.
Fuzzy white fungus eats spiders alive but it's not cordyceps
Watch the haunting process of a Huntsman Spider molting
Watch the haunting process of a Huntsman Spider molting. Seeing this spider shed its old skin makes me feel like my eyes are playing tricks on me. It looks as… READ THE REST
This curious spider can wrap itself around a tree branch for camouflage
Check out this weird creature, the "wrap-around spider." It's native to Australia (because of course it is) and it gets its name because, well, it can wrap itself around a… READ THE REST
New groups of Spiders from Earth named after David Bowie
From the Natural History Museum: Rising from the ashes of the wastebasket taxon, 49 Bowie spiders have been reclassified from Ctenus. Other species, meanwhile, have had previously unknown sex morphs described for the first time.… READ THE REST
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