Scattered thunderstorms this evening, then cloudy with rain, heavy at times late. Low 71F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall near a half an inch..
Scattered thunderstorms this evening, then cloudy with rain, heavy at times late. Low 71F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall near a half an inch.
Updated: July 3, 2026 @ 9:43 pm
Andrew Pisano, an ecology major from Malvern, and Kaylee Rathbone, a biomedical sciences major from Mannington Township, New Jersey, have collected more than 1,000 spiders from Susquehanna University’s solar array.
Andrew Pisano, an ecology major from Malvern, and Kaylee Rathbone, a biomedical sciences major from Mannington Township, New Jersey, have collected more than 1,000 spiders from Susquehanna University’s solar array.
SELINSGROVE — Susquehanna University’s solar array powers 30% of its campus’ operational needs. Now students are trying to determine how the 12,000 panels might be supporting the microhabitats that have grown beneath and around them — specifically for spiders.
So far, Matt Persons, Charles B. Degenstein professor of biology at SU, and two of his students — Andrew Pisano, an ecology major from Malvern, and Kaylee Rathbone, a biomedical sciences major from Mannington Township, New Jersey — have collected more than 1,000 spiders from the array. They do so in a very uniform way, Pisano said, during the day and at night.
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