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Article: PARING KNIFE.(AT HOME)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  May 25, 1997 ;     499 words ...Byline: DOUG BLACKBURN Staff writer The paring knife's distant history predates ancient civilization...teeth-cleaning. Exactly when the 3-inch-long paring knife emerged as a distinct kitchen implement...Dictionary. But the first use of the modern paring knife, the utensil considered a ...

Article: Come into my parlor. (facts about spiders)(For Your Information.)
Popular Science;  September 1, 1996 ;     659 words ......three feet from a spider. Scary. Actually, spiders are generally harmless to humans, and...controlling insect pests. But whether you find spiders to be worthwhile or worrisome, they are...spinnen, or to spin. Some 34,000 species of spiders are known to exist, compared with 4,600...

Article: SPIDERS UNDER CONTROL - AT LEAST FOR A WHILE
Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current);  June 23, 2008 ;     465 words ......seemingly had turned into a time share for spiders, and my efforts to find a way to convince...cat would either eat or scare away any spiders and disturb their web building. "Well...to risk the carnage. These are some big spiders, and I'd want a cute purse-size dog. The...

Article: TINY SPIDERS INVADE MUNCIE
Post-Tribune (IN);  March 7, 1992 ;     262 words ......Arachnophobia." Hundreds of tiny brown and black spiders invaded Muncie this week, weaving their...nature. The mild winter has allowed more spiders to survive, and they all reproduced at...Brown, Delaware County extension agent. "Spiders are always there, but not in such large...

Article: THIS YEAR'S SPIDERS ARE MIGHTY HULKS BECAUSE OF THE COOL, WET SUMMER, THEY'VE HAD PLENTY OF INSECTS TO FEAST ON.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  August 27, 2004 ;     400 words ......Schencker Associated Press Midwestern spiders always get big as they prepare to lay...to the windows of high-rise buildings. Spiders are typical residents on Craig McCallum...a real monster. McCallum said a lot of spiders about an inch long have made a home on...

Article: Common spiders of New York.
New York State Conservationist;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Spiders evoke a combination of curiosity and horror in people of all ages. Spiders' seeming ability to appear suddenly out of nowhere on their...But their frightening reputation is largely undeserved. Spiders are fascinating creatures! The webs of many species are...

Article: Spiders are farmers' best friends, says arachnid expert.(News)
The Mercury (South Africa);  September 5, 2006 ;     327 words ...BYLINE: Sholain Govender PRETORIA: Spiders are helping to get food to your table...creatures for the past 40 years. While spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks are all arachnida...Research Council Plant Protection Centre, spiders are most important because they eat insects...

Article: Web browsing: Trevor Blake is not afraid of spiders.
Habitat Australia;  December 1, 2002 ;     673 words ......camera, or letting a friend take the lead on a bushwalk. But some spiders make no web. There are various groups of spiders that each function differently. The `primitive' spiders live in burrows or holes in the ground. `Modern' (Araneomorphae...

Article: Super-powered spiders: Web-slinging and wall-crawling come naturally to these bug hunters.(The Home Forum)
The Christian Science Monitor;  May 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ......a kid, says Mr. Ubick, I always liked spiders and insects. By sucking on one end of...carnivores The first thing to know about spiders is that they are not insects. Insects have six legs, spiders have eight. Unlike most insects, spiders...

Article: Spiders are special, says top scientist.(News)
Pretoria News (South Africa);  September 6, 2006 ;     353 words ......spider with your shoe, think twice. Spiders are helpful. This is according to South...creepy creatures for the past 40 years. Spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks form part of the arachnida family. But spiders are the most important because they...

Article: Spiders thrive after Maine's wet summer Falling leaves reveal abundance of arachnids; at least 600 species populate the state
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  October 18, 2004 ;     570 words ......Halloween season making you see huge spiders dangling in shadowy doorways. This year's wet summer was a boon for spiders, and Maine is seeing the result as...mosquitoes, and more prey means larger spiders that can produce more offspring. "If...

Article: THINGS THAT GO CREEP IN THE NIGHT; The amazing world of spiders
Boise Weekly;  February 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ...I don't know why it is that spiders give me the creeps, but having just...these years. Few critters can rival spiders in their ability to cause instant terror...all table manners aside, let's give spiders credit for their occupation. They are...

Article: SPIDERS TASTY TO EACH OTHER.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 14, 1993 ;     700+ words ......Kentucky. Hundreds of tiny young wolf spiders gobble each other up in his laboratory...adviser, David Wise, crowd a bunch of baby spiders into a small space, their numbers mysteriously...of the Ecological Society of America. Spiders are munching each other outside of the...

Article: The Dizzy Dean of Spiders
The Washington Post;  June 1, 1987 ;     352 words ...The wiles of spiders are varied and infamous. They use disguises...physical-to capture hapless moths. These spiders have simple webs that at first glance...about this method of hunting are that the spiders are able to lure moths close enough to...