Warning: This episode contains the unusual mating habits of spiders. 

Autumn is the time for spiders, and the colder months mean our eight-legged friends are searching for something vital: sex. 

Join arachnologist Anna Maka and author and broadcaster Lucy Cooke to uncover the fascinating and freaky sex lives of spiders and what it teaches us about evolution itself. 

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Watch a video of this podcast on the National Trust’s YouTube channel:  

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Production

Presenter:  Rosie Holdsworth 

Producer and sound designer: Marnie Woodmeade

Lucy Cooke  

Anna Maka

Discover more

You can find Lucy’s book Bitch: On the female of the species here. 

You can find out more about Anna’s work with rare diamond back spiders here. 

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