A Rockin' Arachnid

By KAREN BIRCHARD

It has eight hairy legs, can't play the guitar, and is no miner for a heart of gold, but a newly identified species of spider now bears the name of the musician and songwriter Neil Young.

Jason E. Bond, an associate professor of biology at East Carolina University and longtime fan of the Canadian rocker, bestowed the name Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi on the trapdoor...