A newly published study co-authored by University of South Florida alum Louis Coticchio and USF integrative biologist Deby Cassill challenges long-standing assumptions about the brown recluse spider, ...
“This research shows that brown recluse spiders aren’t the boogeyman that everyone makes them out to be,” Coticchio said.
Rufus net-casting spiders can tune the stiffness and elasticity of their webs thanks to loops of silk, scanning electron ...