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I like to think of humans and spiders having an almost symbiotic relationship at this point. As you recount the spiders that domesticate frogs, it occurs to me that maybe that's what's going on in my house. The spiders are keeping me. It all makes sense now.

1:55 seeing a spider playing a video game made my day.

dude i yelled at 20:40 when the yellowstone wolf project was mentioned. i just wrote a paper on that for school! it's super interesting, really incredible how for so long we misunderstood the environment so terribly that we thought getting rid of wolves was actually good. i'd highly recommend reading about it to anyone who hasn't! also, great video! this channel is a goldmine, it's really helped me get over my fear of spiders and start to appreciate how cool and adorable they are. i gotta go read more about spider ecology more now. i knew about the frogs, but had no idea about any of the stuff about bird nests and forest health. ecology really is fascinating edit: turns out spiders are actually super helpful in cranberry bogs. they help farmers use less pesticides. big win for spiders! i'm from new england, and we have tons of bogs around here, i might have to go see if i can go to any and find some spiders

Black widow silk played an instrumental role in sniper scopes in WWII - the silk is stronger than steel /and/ more thermally stable, making for more accurate crosshairs 🎉

Yesss time to enjoy relaxing spider education material. (By the way, our house is a spider-friendly abode, my kid who is eight really likes them--huge difference to myself as a kid--and she also has repeatedly asked for the "Not Loxoceles" video because as you can imagine "doesn't even have a butt" is the best lyric of all time)

I've been trying to turn my garden into a little slice of habitat for a few years now. It's slow going because I dont want to displace any critters, but this year a pair of Trashline Orb Weavers have decided to make their home by my front steps. They set up on the aloe flowers and the female even caught a honey bee, I got a few good photos of her wraping it up. We even have native California salamanders living in the rocks on opposite corners the plot so it's probably safe to say there are more throughout.

When those stupid spider killing waspy things killed my door wolfies last year, (I have a little covered corner right by the back door, perfect for spiders, all the way up) I definitely noticed a difference in all the critters making their way into my home. Its incredible how their presence changes things just with letting the dog out. On the bright side, a wolf spider showed up at the steps by the door, so they may repopulate soon. :) 🕷️ 🚪

Spiders are some of our best friends at the barn. For as many annoying fly bites I've gotten, I see dozens in their webs and appreciate the spider's service

These "unlikely animal relationship" pairings are always fascinating. Spiders and frogs!

One time I didn't even notice a full takeover of red ants in my bathroom behind my toilet because the 6 or so spiders that live there (that became like 10 thanks to the feast) caught every single one of them. Hundreds of ants in the web. I'd have woken up covered in red ants if not for them. Ever since then, I've kept all my spiders.

Yes! Spider content spider content spider content spider content! I'm so excited!

At my childhood home, we had a hummingbird build a nest almost entirely of spider silk on our Christmas lights...right outside our front door. We had to start using the garage as our main exit and entrance that year because the mom would dive bomb anyone who dared try to use the front door.

Travis. you’re the best spidertuber in spidertube history. ty for your service.

There’s been a lot of great entomology videos by independent creators recently. Spiders specifically have been getting some good press and that’s also joy inducing. Great video!

I love this. Especially the discussion on pesticide replacement-- something I've been fascinated by for a while now! That wolf spider ballooning footage is wild, man. Never knew they could do that. Great transitions between segments too. All around a grand slam in my opinion

As someone who keeps tarantulas and some true spiders, I adore our 8-legged friends and it makes me so sad that they are so misunderstood and hated. Thank you for giving them the attention they deserve.

I absolutely love spiders, your videos too, the cheese test is genius, love the mug too! Always look forward to more spider stuff ! thank you a lot

All the spider close ups are helping me appreciate how beautiful and cute spiders are. My normal reaction is to think they look creepy.

I expect to find nothing in this video that I don’t already know, and yet I will still watch this entire thing, like it, and recommend it to everyone. I will never NOT click on a video from my favourite spider-loving KZfaqr. 🕷️❤️♾️

From one spider lover to another. I can't quite commit to a patreon right now, but you deserve all the support for the work you're doing spreading the good word of our arachnid fellows. Now that spring has started to get in full swing I'm always astounded seeing the sheer number of spiders in all the swampy areas on our property so clearly they have a huge role in our local environment (especially those who spin webs to catch the damned blackflies!)

Love the animations. Truly you are a man of many talents. I will never understand why so many people are terrified of spiders, but hardly worry about ticks and mosquitos. Ticks can make you allergic to meat. I would be so mad if I had to give up bacon because of a stupid tick.

Yet again I learned, was fascinated and amused. Great work.

Now I know, saving a spider is more than a kindness, it’s a responsibility.

Much appreciation for the cool info, and the break from the world being on fire... and the cellar spiders by my kitchen sink have you, and their effect on fruit flys, to thank for the lack of eviction notice:)

Spiders are easily one of the most misunderstood creatures on this planet, and I hope one day their importance is recognized on the scale that bees are.

I am a botanist, and I am happy to have gone that route when I studied biology. However, watching your videos brings back happy memories looking for critters on excursions and being impressed by Tetragnatha extensa (which even though not extremely impressive is one of the larger spiders where I live). Thank you for that ❤

12:08 Can you imagine getting abducted by aliens, they force you to vomit, and then they say "Sorry; it'll never happen again" and send you home with a weird tattoo and that's all you ever see or hear from them ever again?

Travis, I don't have money to give but i do have time. If there is anyway I can help with editing, sourcing, or scripting please let me know. I friggin adore your content

Thank you for your wonderful and detailed videos on spiders 🥺❤️ It makes me happy to see online resources that show that spiders have a positive impact on us and the world around us.

ayy the joro spider got a mention! the main effect on humans in an area of them being everywhere is: they are pretty much everywhere. i'm pretty sure that the number of joro spiders around my house were in the hundreds. they do a nice job of staying outside, though, and anything that helps eat mosquitoes in georgia is a friend in my eyes. (some even make it all the way to halloween, and do a fantastic job of helping really sell the spooky decorations...) to be honest i think the only spooky thing about joro spiders is being able to see, in real time, how the native ecosystem can drastically change with the introduction of an invasive species. while there's good evidence that basically things will be fine, having one summer where a joro spider was a rarity, then next summer there's a good amount of them, then the next summer JORO SPIDERS EVERYWHERE really underscores how quickly invasive species can hit a point where you just can't unring that bell in a meaningful way. we lucked out that the joro spiders here are pretty okay all things considered. most invasive species do not slot in so nicely to the ecosystem. it's a kind of tragedy where by the time the common public can see it happen, it's often too late to stop. :( that is a sad but important aesop to learn. (...if the fields of kudzu haven't already taught you that notion in georgia, anyway)

Trophic cascade is now my favorite new term thank you for the video! I knew spiders did a lot but any creature that aids in increasing the amount of Great tit's in the world is welcome in my home anytime!! Those birds need all the help they can get.

13:14 I googled it. There are several “people eating spiders” videos available, including one of Gordon Ramsay in Cambodia. Didn’t watch it……but it’s on KZfaq.

new spider vid LETS GOOO

Amazing job, you clearly communicated the information and kept it exciting!

Pest: *exists* Spider: Alright step back kiddo, this one is mine *delicious exosceleton crack noises*

Excellent presentation. I have been trying for over 50 years to convince people to not kill spiders without much success. Hopefully this video will help change peoples stomp on it reaction whenever they see a spider. A large female Wolf Spider makes my garage her home and I was happy to see she survived the winter and is looking healthy. 😎☮

My house is spider friendly. My spiders enjoy being steered away from harm as they inadvertently end up in the middle of home activities. Another benefit is during Halloween- built in creepiness.

I have a S. Grossa living in my basement, not only does she have the most beautiful web across a windowsill but the invasive stink bugs have been everywhere these last couple years. As killing them outright makes more approach I’ve been feeding them to the Grossa instead. I love the opportunity to watch her work!

Perfect timing! Instant click. Thank you for all your hard work and informative content -- it is very much appreciated!

Yay just what I need some spiders in my life

Hey Travis! Amazing video as always. I just wanted to chime in and add that your point about pesticides is 1000% accurate in my experience. All houses have some sort of established ecosystem and when you misuse pesticides/wipe out the spider population you're throwing a wrench in that delicately-balanced ecosystem. All houses have bugs. Unless you live in a solid metal box, you're going to experience some level of "bug" activity and it's really up to you to decide which of these bugs you consider "pests." I have Pholcus phalangioides and a THRIVING colony of P. tepidariorum pretty much all over my house and they don't bother me at all. I had a bit of a problem with red flour beetles that came in on my parrot food but I moved one of the house spiders into my bird food container and she took care of the main source and the other spiders took care of the ones throughout the house. Still find one every now and then but I can tolerate that. I obviously can't use pesticides at my house because of the tarantulas, but I have remarkably few pest issues. If you're okay with the spiders, they will take care of everything else. I also attempt to advocate for house centipedes, as they fill a similar niche, but if you think people are scared of spiders, I wouldn't even have a word to describe how terrified people are of centipedes. I'm typically much less successful on the centipedes, but people tend to be more open to the spiders after thinking about centipedes 🤣 I will note that my clients who want every room sprayed actually have more issues overall with pests because they lose that natural protection against pests that are actually an issue. It's worth mentioning that there are occasional cases where spiders can become unmanageable in a house, and here in central NJ the main issue is wolf spider infestations. I have a few clients who have this issue and it's usually a humidity issue but I've been to basements where *I'm* creeped out by how many wolf spiders there are all over the place. Usually running a dehumidifier will help fix the problem. I honestly don't even want to go into those basements because for me, finding large dead spiders is like a normal person finding hundreds of dead puppies in the basement because they resemble my pets. It's totally great to allow spiders to do natural pest control, but when you're seeing an abnormally large number of wolf spiders, like if you have more than 20 dead wolf spiders in a room at any given time, it could point to some sort of moisture problem. In a way, mass numbers of dead wolf spiders in a basement is basically the dead canary in a coal mine for a leak or broken sump pump, lol. Awesome video! Keep up the great work! - Charlotte

Today I learned: Lots of interesting spidery stuff, and, if I listen to you like it's a podcast, I'll miss all the fun, clever things you show onscreen and don't say. Conclusions: Spiders are even more cool than I knew, and always watch Travis's videos, don't just listen.

Best way to start my day , I love watching your uploads , i love to learn about our little friends but the fact you make me laugh whilst learning about my favourite creatures makes your uploads my favourite, thanks to you (and those who help you) for making these uploads the best ones on utube. Myself and i am sure our spider friends thank you for doing them.

that tarantula and frog relationship reminded me of the wolf and crow relationship :D and crows even teach fetch for wolf pups :D

7:48 "Hey, kid. Hold these for a minute..." Perfect animation to go with that, too. 😂As always, very informative and entertaining. That last segment about spiders providing habitat for other species was full of info I'd never heard before. Really looking forward to the next video from your channel!

Watching this with my spiders rn. Gotta make sure they know how important they are 🧡

They're cool to watch in the same way my cat is, they're just really impressive. Like a tiny spider overwhelming a large flying insect (termite I think). First the termite crashed into the spiders web damaging the web quite a bit, instantly the small spider rush over to prevent the bug from escaping, wrapping it more and more in the web both by spinning it and spinning new web (I think, spiders move fast). As it did this, it bit the much larger insect many times, backing up to avoid-danger/think until the insect was too weak to be a threat. Imagine taking down something that has a head as big as you are.

I love spiders! I don’t understand the fear or hate they get, I try to empathize but I just love them to bits.

Fantastic video, I knew spiders are important,but some of the facts about how much they collectively do so much for nature is really impressive.Thank you again Travis for all your hard work and diligence making these videos. Spiders are fascinating 😍

I always welcome spiders on the porch and around the windows to keep the bugs out of the house. The only reason they're not welcome inside (I relocate them outside) is that my cat will eat them. I've got jumpers, orb weavers, false widows, and grass spiders around, and I'm very fond of all of them. I've also seen one likely wolf spider though I'm not 100% sure. It was massive though, the legspan was slightly bigger than a quarter. Very neat to find.

Thanks for (yet another) fascinating video! When I was a kid, my family watched Hoimar von Ditfurth's "Bemerkungen über Spinnen" together. This has shaped my respect for spiders. The facts you've put together here make it even greater. Thanks for that!

Truly a fundamental lecture! Please, review the copulatory organs of spiders, their fantastic diversity of structure, mechanisms and significance for science.

Very well organized, hit all the latest topics. I hope your channel grows, I'll be sharing content with my friends.

I just got rememberd of the one ??? Story with the Silver Spider. It was something about an heir to a rich family needing protection because people wanted the heir dead. The Symbol of that Family was a Silver Spider, because one of their Ancestors ones was chased by a Group of Man that wanted to kill him. He hide himself in a Cellar and just after he closed the Trapdoor a Spider decided to build a Net over it. The chasing Man saw the Net and believed it impossible that he could be in the Cellar so they ran past it and the Ancestor survived. It was the first time ever that i had positiv thoughts about a Spider. Back than i was still mortaly terrified and that would only go away years later. Still its an interessting Story.

this channel has helped my arachnophobia so much like I used to freeze if the smallest spider was near but now I am ok with most spiders and just seeing one scurrying across my line of sight. So THANK YOU so much the inof is cool and the spiders shouldn't be squished!

Love your content, and it gets better and better with every new video!

Very cool. Never thought about spiders having THAT big of an impact!!! Really love your videos!!!

Spiders are always welcome to hang in my house because of stuff like this.

Fantastic content Travis and so brilliantly delivered. Thanks so much. I'm from the UK so the references to the potential ecological impacts of the Noble false widow (Steatoda nobilis) were particularly relevant. I’ve had a large female noble false widow living in the top corner of my bathroom window for nearly a year now. Not sure how she survived the winter with the window closed and virtually no access to prey items. I respect and tolerate spiders without being a super huge fan. But it’s interesting to see how people become so passionate and protective within their areas of ecological interest, such as the observations on spiders vs spider hawk wasps. Since my childhood my favourite insect order has been the Hymenoptera (the ants, bees and wasps) with a particular fondness for bumblebees and solitary bees. So it always saddens me a little to see a bee caught by a crab spider when visiting a flower to gather pollen. But, as you noted, this is all part of the complex web of life. If we humans are to survive and thrive we must all passionately defend and protect the complexity, balance and fragility of global ecosystems for future generations. Sadly, our track record in this regard is not great! But channel content like this and many others gives hope.

Well done. The idea of a symbiotic relationship between a mygalomorph and an amphibian is wild. When I lived in South Florida, I hardly ever found any L. mactans, but plenty of L. geometricus. That is interesting that they are able to push them out like that.

love this series - thanks Travis!

you really deserve more views, subs and likes for this content. you compile so much info into these vids and keep them around 20 minutes

I have seen video and read of spiders that rely on eye sight while hunting (I'm sure one was about a jumping spider) who, having sighted a prey insect, are able to back away from it to point where it loses sight of its prey, and approaches it from a more advantageous direction. To me, this implies - and even requires - a degree of self-awareness, awareness of "other" (its prey and the dangers it might present), and the ability to create a 3-D image of its surroundings in its brain, and use that to strategize the best approach to its prey by, for example, circling around behind it or dropping on it from above. They have to be capable of some level of abstract thinking. One can point to other indications, too: it has to be able to distinguish its prey and recognize the dangerous end, when applicable. It has to be able to adapt both its abilities and its strategy to every new situation, so presumably it requires some ability to learn from experience. I don't want to imply more than is there, but I don't think that an animal as advanced as a spider can function effectively if it were just robotically responding to stimuli. It has to have some level of self-awareness to be able to evaluate its surroundings and make effective decisions.

This is a little off topic, but i discovered a little 8 legged buddy near my beardies enclosure today. I noticed it had dark red/brown striped down its abdomen, and i went crazy trying to identify it. Finally, i got google lens to work. I proud to say that i was looking a maevia inclemens! Specifically a female! I would love a video on them and their interesting male counterparts!

I have a lot of them at home. I am really careful when cleaning up, giving them a chance to flee. They protect me and my plants from not-so-funky flying animals and more. I love 'em. Usually in the afternoon one tries to run me over when I sit in the way. The only time I have to flee :)

Excellent presentation. Thank you!

Loved the vid! As always

I'd like to thank you for changing my attitude toward spiders. I used to swat them or brush them out of the way, but now I leave them alone and I've thrown away the spider spray.

One of the best presenters I have seen, amazing content, and it flows very nicely! I learned so much thank you

Great video! I was looking forward to this.

Absolutely fantastic. As always!

Another fantastic video!

Another brilliant episode, cheers!

Very nicely researched and presented!

I'd like to say that your animations add a lot to this :)

Thank you for your work in producing quality education to us spood-nerds. I'm always happy to see your episodes!!

10:36 I would love to see an episode dedicated Argiope aurantia. When I find them in my garden it always seems to me that all they have caught in their web is pollinators and not one pest insect. I plan on paying closer attention this year. Possibly even to the point of removing and opening old wrapped food. The ones I see in my garden are the ones who make the zig zag stripe in their web

Another wonderful video! Thank you!

Im really excited about this whole series

I really enjoy your videos! Jacks world of wildlife is one of my favorites too. Thanks for all you do 😊

It made me mad when a restaurant inspector told our staff to get rid of spiders up on the ceiling in the corners by the front door. The door's hydraulic issues tended to leave the door open by about an inch often after use. These out of the way spiders had a massive kill count in their webs. Blasted inspector was having us remove something that was keeping out food and workplace safer.

I like to observe Trypoxylon wasps (pipe organ mud dauber) and they hunt araneus spiders so well they get effectively wiped out in an area. The wasp offspring that hatch next year rarely stay around and move to a different area. This gives the spiders a season to repopulate, which they do, and eventually the mud daubers come back in force. This ebb and flow goes on every couple of years in the parks around me.

i love your videos , they really help me love and understand them more

Another banger. Keep it up bud.

Thank you for another awesome and very informative video on these amazing creatures. Spiders only seem to become more fascinating the more we learn about them. Definitely some very interesting information in this one, excellent work. ❤️🕷️

My love for spiders grows without limit

I spend a lot of time around riperian habitats in North America, fishing. There's a ton of those big black skittery boys I've always called wolf spiders, they have similar behavior though I don't know exactly what species, but they are always in the rocks by the river in huge numbers. I have seen SO MANY birds with those spiders in their beak, so many different species, robins, magpies, crows, chickadees, etc.

I hadn't heard of joro spiders until this video but I'm looking them up now and *wow* they are beautiful!

Thank you. I am learning.

Excellent work. Enjoyed, liked and shared.

I absolutely love these videos thank you so much!

Thank you, what a great series 😊👍

Spiders are pretty dope. Thanks for spending time to teach us.

They’re literally one of the most helpful creatures to us ❤

You make learning stuff fun.

Great job. Liked the video!

I am in love with this!!

Got to admit I was surprised at this video and it's content only because it's not the typical video I sometimes get in my feed concerning spiders. I started keeping and eventually breeding tarantulas and various true spiders in the early 1990's. I mainly have old world Asian and African tarantulas and about four years ago started a journey with M.gigas. none of which are a good idea for new keepers for lots of reasons. This year starting in early March I started a study of one of the common spiders found all over the USA. Tegenaria Domestica. I've found them to be a social spider in a crazy way. Mature males webbed up in really close proximity to females. From tiny slings to adults and seemed to thrive like that. I could type out a literal book of my experience with arachnids. Cannot believe that this video isn't about evil spiders and potent venom that kills everything and all that crap. Really nice video and much needed. You made my day sir, thank you.

Hey Travis! I just rescued a spider! :) I tweeted her to you but I think she was a Callobius Severus, and she was VERY pregnant. 🤣 And definitely the biggest spider I’ve rescued! I also have some videos of the rescue if you’d like them in the future! But thank you for helping me continue to fight my fear of spiders! Update: after further research I believe it was actually a Woodlouse Spider, as it had a red body and a white stripe down the back!