A study has highlighted that spiders are attracted to this colour - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life A study has highlighted that spiders are attracted to this colour By You Magazine - August 7, 2018 Spiders may have historically been believed to be colour blind, but according to new research, one particular bright shade catches their eye. A new study conducted by the University of Cincinnati has found that wolf spiders are attracted to the colour green, so if you’ve got a phobia of the creepy crawlies, you might want to steer clear of this summer’s green midi dress trend… Getty Images The results found that after scientists at the university investigated how wolf spiders reacted to videos of courting spiders when the background colour, contrast and intensity was manipulated. It turned out that female spiders responded to videos of males that contrasted sharply from their background, while reacting more strongly to the coloured versions. ‘The assumption was wolf spiders don’t pay attention to colour. But we found that isn’t really true,’ biologist Professor George Uetz told Sky News. ‘We need to look more closely at the neurobiology of their eyes. We need to understand what their retinas do.’ Getty Images Professor Uetz and his team of researchers came across the finding following a longer study into wolf spiders and how their eight eyes function differently to human eyes. Unlike humans, who have trichromatic vision – a light-detecting cone cells in our retinas that can see in red, green, and blue – wolf spiders have dichromatic vision allowing them only to see the colours green and ultraviolet, with green being their favourite. ‘[Dichromatic vision] means they’re basically colourblind. But they’re sensitive to light in the green wavelength,’ Uetz explained. ‘What we found is that for female spiders, intensity matters more than colour. But for eavesdroppers (male spiders), colour matters, too. That is the odd finding. We didn’t expect that at all. ‘That makes a lot of sense because when you go out in the early season when the spiders first come out, there are no leaves on the trees so there is broad spectrum light.’ The full study was presented to the American Arachnological Society in June 2018. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved