"Did you know that on a weight basis spider silk is five times the strength of steel?"

"If you objected with something like "Yes, nice idea but this involves identification of so many thousands of specimen…"

"I retired at the end of October 2013, after 46 years of service at the ARC Plant Protection Research Institute. I sta…"

"No, most spiders are harmless and they do play a very important part in nature. We market spiders as the "Farmer’s an…"

"South Africa has a rich fauna of spiders, with about 2,000 known species. A variety of spiders occur in houses and ou…"

"They must treat spiders with respect as spiders can bite, but spiders are amazing animals with unique behaviour, as t…"

"Spiders as predators play a very important role as biological control agents. Especially now, when people want crops …"

"In houses we find many species that are cosmopolitical, and they have moved with people all around the world. We comm…"

"Their most distinctive characteristic is their ability to produce silk. These silk threads are produced in silk gland…"

"The ability to produce venom: all spiders, except one family, produce venom to subdue or kill prey. The venom is prod…"