spider
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Another species, the cricket bat spider, which gets its name from its cricket bat-like markings, has also become more common in grassland since it was first spotted in the region in 2019.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
I have no idea what children will make of a movie with as many semi-serious gags about extortionate legal bills as silly ones where a spider mugs a bug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
That radioactive spider that transformed Peter Parker into Spider-Man could have bitten the class moron just as easily.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
"I'd remember that MP who had a spider that he'd threaten MPs with, or when Boris Johnson walked into a fridge. I'm frantically writing them all down."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“It’s a place of bugs aplenty! It is sheltered from rains and winds,” the younger spider said.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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Rearing the snails - as well as other critically endangered invertebrates such as scarlet malachite beetles, ladybird spiders and tadpole shrimp - has become a family affair.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Marsh harriers, bearded tits, flocks of waders and overwintering ducks and geese are a regular sight for visitors, along with otters, water voles, fen raft spiders, orchids and rare sharp-leaved pondweed.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Despite the frightening image of spiders presented in movies such as Arachnophobia, most species pose no danger to people.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Its appearance bears little obvious resemblance to the spiders and scorpions that descended from its broader evolutionary lineage.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
They were long and slim fingered, like two pale, deadly spiders crawling toward her.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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