Here at the ALE lab we are very interested in spiders! They are generalist predators which means: they eat many different things, especially agricultural and house hold pests! Since they hunt a variety of pests we consider them to be important biological control agents, meaning they eat pests for us so we don't have have to use as many insecticides.
Spiders may be among the most misunderstood of arthropods. Most people have heard about the brown recluse to be dangerous, however much of that information is misleading. For starters...the range of the brown recluse just barely reaches the South-western tip of Ohio, so Ohioans should not fear!
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Wired.com recently published an article regarding the poor misunderstood brown recluse..check it out!
LINK: Why You Need Not Fear the Poor, Misunderstood Brown Recluse Spider
Also...let's not forget, jumping spiders are just adorable.
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