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The “European hammock spider," also known as the dwarf weaver or Linyphia triangularis, has been slowly expanding its nonnative range in Maine and causing a stir in the spider community, Dana Wilde writes.
SHREVEPORT, La. - It's another weekend full of events in the ArkLaTex.
Even though they look monstrous, spiders are actually your allies in the battle against the little bugs who do try to eat you, writes Dana Wilde.
Dana Wilde: Canada geese in October In October comes a certain slant of light that seems to rise up out of some unseen spot of time and gather itself, and head south, writes Dana Wilde. Share Photo by Dana Wilde Everything owes itself to the air in October and November. In any given field there’s a birch, maple or sumac that virtually refracts light, like a tree hologram, or like a live crystal with facets bending yellow, orange and red radiances inside the tree and onto the ghostly remains of milkweed, grass and goldenrod. Not only conditions of light, but squalling blue jays, hop-flockin...
Learn About Spiders in Maine in Naturalistâs Talk Tuesday, April 20, 2021 11:26 AM Grass spider (Photo: Dana Wilde) Kennebec Estuary Land Trust will host a free, online talk about Maine’s diverse spider species by Dana Wilde, author of “A Backyard Book of Spiders in Maine,” on Thursday, April 29, at 6 p.m. Wilde will read pieces from his book that explore spider bites, arachnid cognition and nursery web and fishing spiders and will discuss arachnid biology, ecology, behavior and natural history. Participants are encouraged to ask questions during the...