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Spider Venom Could Yield Eco-Friendly Insecticides
Milking a Blue Mountains funnel-web spider for venom.
Credit: Professor Graham M. Nicholson, University of Technology, Sydney
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Dr. Glenn King with a drawing of the three-dimensional structure of a Blue Mountains funnel-web spider neurotoxin.
Credit: Peter Moranus, University of Connecticut
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At 5cm, the female Blue Mountains funnel web spider (Hadronyche versuta) is about the size of a small crab.
Credit: Brianna L. Sollod
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