Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/20/2012 - 13:50
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Predatory Spiders in the Arctic Food Web

What is the most interesting thing you have learned about wolf spiders since in Alaska? Are they as scary as they look??

-Haley Hendry

Fri, 08/10/2012 - 14:06

Nick LaFave

The spiders aren't at all scary. They are actually quite small. It think I was most interested in learning about the significant and important role that they play in such a huge ecosystem. They are so tiny but make up roughly 30-40 percent more biomass than wolves in the arctic. In a biome that is often associated with large charismatic animals, it is amazing to see that the small organisms play such a big role!