Spiders

Don’t get creeped out, but this week on The Children’s Hour it’s all about spiders! New Mexico is home to hundreds of species of spiders. Dr. Sandra Brantley and Dr. Rachel Alfarro from UNM’s Museum of Southwestern Biology’s Arthropod Division helps us understand, and maybe even learn to love, the arthropods among us. Find out which are venomous and how we can live together harmoniously.

Dr. Sandra Brantley, UNM

With music by Aaron Nigel Smith with Dan Zanes, O.A.R, NRBQ, Jeff & Paige, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band, and The Big Kidz Band Feat. Skip Ewing.

There’s more to know

Learn more about spiders online here.

This is the list of all of New Mexico’s known Arthropods.

If you really love arthropods, you can find even more resources at the Arthropod Division’s website.