Bug Bites: Spiders
Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology
English - June 18, 2023 06:00 - 6 minutes - 4.27 MBHome & Garden Leisure Education plants gardening horticulture sustainability ecology australian trees landscaping green farming Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Spiders are a horticulturist's best friend. They're predatory organisms that have an appetite for all sorts of insects that we like to call "pests".
In this episode, Dr Ian Smith gives us a general introduction to this class of arachnid. Listen to the end to find out:
-What are the different types of spiders that we're likely to find in our gardens?
-What different methods of hunting do they employ in our gardens?
-Are redback spiders actually native to Australia, or are they an introduced pest?
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Theme music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5lVBxhSw5k