spiders Archives - Cottage Life

Meet 12 of the hardest working critters in cottage country

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Morning dew clinging to a spider web

Drug-addled spiders spin deranged webs (and other oddball cobweb facts)

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An orb-weaver spider

Cottage Q&A: What is an orb-weaver spider?

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A dock spider on a wood beam

Cottage Q&A: Did we get more dock spiders this year?

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A bumblebee perched on a pink flower

Stop! Six creepy crawlies you don’t want to squash

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Mollisonia Plenovenatrix

ROM researchers discover spiders’ 500 million-year-old ancestor

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Afraid of snakes and spiders? That fear may be innate, study finds

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Goldenrod crab spider sitting on a purple flower.

Goldenrod spiders: The chameleons of cottage country

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Close-up of temperature dials on a barbecue.

Flames coming from barbecue dials

Spiderweb on boat

How can you get rid of the spiders in boat ports without using pesticides?

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