Hate spiders? Hate global warming!
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009Spiders are not many peoples favourite critter, and most people would be happy to see them squashed and gone. However, the mild winters that the UK are experiencing may be keeping the numbers up!
According to Stuart Hine, an insect expert at the Natural History Museum, the numbers of the false black widow spider (official name is steatoda nobilis) are on the rise because of these warm winters. Since their arrival to UK shores over 200 years again in fruit crates, the numbers of these 8 legged beasties have been kept down by the cold weather – few could survive the cold, and so died off.
But the warmer winters are now resulting in more and more surviving – not a happy thought!