Backyard Naturalist: A Down East invasive spider spins web of intrigue

The “European hammock spider," also known as the dwarf weaver or Linyphia triangularis, has been slowly expanding its nonnative range in Maine and causing a stir in the spider community, Dana Wilde writes.

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