Yesterday after the torrential rain I went to High Park hoping to find the _Cladonia_ again, but I got sidetracked and ended up at the other end of the park at a stone wall full of hacklemesh weavers (family Amaurobiidae).
However there were also other spiders—funnel weavers, I think, or else very funnel-weaver-like amaurobiids—and the small sheet-web weavers.
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The spiders can be easily lured out with the vibrations of a sonic toothbrush. I have one with a feather glued to the end of it instead of a brush head. The hacklemesh weavers will eagerly bite on to it and try to drag it back into their retreats if I don't take it away fast enough.
Some arachnologists, like @ibycter, go with zip ties on their toothbrushes instead. Others have even used vibrators. In Australia, some large ground-dwelling spiders can be attracted by idling diesel 4-wheel-drive cars.
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Alice 🐝