Noble false widow spider captures bats in the attic: Protected Pipistrelle bats found in attic, captured and entangled in Noble False Widow Spider's web - Science Daily

Scientists have published the first record of a Noble False Widow spider feeding on a protected species of Pipistrelle bats in the UK. The new study demonstrates that False Widow spiders continue to impact native species.

Scientists from the Ryan Institute in NUI Galway have published the first record of a Noble False Widow spider feeding on a protected species of Pipistrelle bats in the UK.The new study, published to… [+4690 chars]

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