Biologist Andrew Legan collected a tarantula that had been paralyzed by a hawk wasp to study the effects of the wasp’s venom on the arachnid.
The research team compared egg sac parasitism in the urban invasive brown widow spider to the desert white widow spider, the latter of which is native to Israel.
The study sheds light on a web of confusion regarding the decline of one of the most infamous types of spiders – and what could be causing it.
The findings of this study contribute to understanding Israel’s evolutionary, biogeographic and climatic processes
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