28-June London’s Eight-Legged Acrobats & Silk-Spinning Caterpillars

Summary

Two million spiders may lurk in a single acre of London’s grasslands—but have you met the spitting spider that gums prey to the spot? Or the jumping spider with headlight eyes that watch you back? Meanwhile, caterpillars craft silk tents, mimic twigs, and even march in poisonous processions across oak trees.

Return on June 28th to uncover the city’s most astonishing arachnids and caterpillars: vibrating suitors, "nursery web" mothers, and geometer larvae that measure leaves like living tape measures. Why do some spiders gift-wrap their mates’ meals? And which caterpillar’s hairs trigger rashes worse than nettles?

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