Groups of spiders could be used as an environmentally-friendly way to protect crops against agricultural pests. That's according to new research, led by the University of Portsmouth, which suggests that web-building groups of spiders can eat a devastating pest moth of commercially important crops like tomato and potato worldwide.
  • TiredSpider@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Yes! I already do this in my garden. A lot of colonial species here that are happy to share huge tent-like webs that coat the plants and catch anything that tries to eat it. Anything that gets through then needs to deal with the active hunters like the jumping and lynx spiders.

    Then indoors pests are controlled by the species that are usually found in more enclosed ecosystems like the huntsmen.