Maxfield chose the ogre-faced spider because of its “two huge front-facing eyes... I figured that people tend to connect better to animals that have big round eyes like that.” Insect declines are having knock-on effects up the food chain on animals like birds and spiders, whose webs have fewer bugs in them these days.
Maxfield chose the ogre-faced spider because of its “two huge front-facing eyes... I figured that people tend to connect better to animals that have big round eyes like that.” Insect declines are having knock-on effects up the food chain on animals like birds and spiders, whose webs have fewer bugs in them these days. ( Illustration by Zoe Maxfield)

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20 Jul 2021 | 02:01
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I freely admit, when it comes to healthy living from the ground up, I am a newbie. One of the most difficult challenges I’ve faced is coming to terms with nature’s bounteous and seemingly endless variation of arthropoda... you know, critters with lots of legs and armor plated jackets, which invariably...

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