Scary.
City Spiders Are Bigger, More Fertile Than Country Cousins
By Elizabeth Palermo, Staff Writer
Date: 20 August 2014 Time: 03:28 PM ET
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Perhaps even creepier than spiders are city spiders. New research has found the humped golden orb-weaving spider grows larger and produces more eight-legged babies in urban areas.
This spider (Nephila plumipes) is indigenous to the Australian countryside, but it's also commonly found in and around urban areas, like the city of Sydney, in southeast Australia. And despite the fact that it's not their native landscape, these city-dwelling spiders are thriving, according to the study by researchers at the University of Sydney.
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