Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!kuento From: kuento@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: Stupid Spider Question Message-ID: <28674.27c06ddd@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Date: 19 Feb 91 06:14:21 GMT References: <2511.27BC86A6@ofa123.fidonet.org> Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Lines: 23 In article <2511.27BC86A6@ofa123.fidonet.org>, rick@ofa123.fidonet.org (Rick Ellis) writes: > On Fred Ullom writes: > > FU> So, what limits the house spider population in the world if humans don't > FU> intervene? > > Scarcity of food. > > > -- > Rick Ellis There is a bit more to it than that - in addition to food limitation, there is (a) aggressive competition between spiders - they'll eat each other if they get the chance (b) there are *lots* of spider parasites in the world, and while any given house might not have all of them, they still can be quite important...just because they're microscopic don't mean they ain't there! -------(please include "DY" in subj header of mail to this user)-------- Doug "Speaker-To-Insects" Yanega "UT!" Bitnet: KUENTO@UKANVAX My card: 0 The Fool (Snow Museum, Univ. of KS, Lawrence, KS 66045) "I'll employ my resources to make your puny lives miserable! I'll crush your pitiful dreams and ambitions like bugs in the dust!" - Calvin