The Six-Legged Narrative EPS 2026-07-01

Britain's only native cicada may be making a comeback in the New Forest. The USDA is preparing to release 180 million sterile flies against a flesh-eating parasite detected in Texas. A new speed database crowns the world's fastest spider. A citizen scientist in Ireland documents a harvestman species never recorded in the country before. Researchers in Turkey describe a tarantula new to science — one that may have arrived via ancient trade routes thousands of years ago. And four people tried to smuggle 21 live Dungeness crabs out in modified clothing. This is the Six-Legged Narrative.