roadford quarry

Over 8,000 sign to save critically spider

A petition by Buglife to save one of the World's rarest spiders has been met with resounding success after receiving over 8,800 signatures in less than a week. The petition was against the plans to build new houses in an old quarry in Plymouth, one of only two sites in the world where the Horrid ground weaver (Nothophantes horridus) lives.

Originally the development for 57 new houses...