Most readers of this column know that Goldsboro can boast of Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice as local woman turned entomologist and author of seven books, chiefly about insects, of course.
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Whatever you believe about spiders, chances are it’s wrong, and the internet is saturated with bad science that will mislead you further. These experts are trying to change that