You are here

Wheatbelt spider’s story told on the international stage

Posted in: 
Healthy Environments

We came across a story published in The Washington Post in 2018 that celebrated the life of a small brown spider that lived its life under a jam tree in the WA Wheatbelt.

Why would this spider attract international attention? Because this is the story of the oldest spider in the world who died several years ago at the age of 43.

This is also the story of one of the Wheatbelt's amazing environmental scientists, Barbara York Main, known as Spider-Woman, and her story studying this spider from 1975.

It’s always good to remind ourselves just how amazing this Wheatbelt environment is.

www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/05/01/the-extraordinary-life-and-death-of-the-worlds-oldest-known-spider/

Subscribe to our e-newsletter and keep up to date on current events, partnership opportunities, and NRM in the Wheatbelt.