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Sacrificial virgin spiders let their nieces eat them alive

Sacrificial virgin spiders let their nieces eat them alive

18 September 2017

In one species of spider, unmated females not only care for other spiders’ offspring, they allow the tiny spiderlings to devour their insides

An engorged tick

Ticks use sticky pads on their feet to cling on to our skin

31 May 2017

Microscopy images reveal how tick parasites use specialised sticky pads and bendable claws to stick to their hosts while they suck blood

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