Most spider orb webs are static: the spiders weave them and fix them in place and then wait for prey to fly into the webs.

Two views of the slingshot spider; the the right image shows the web’s cone shape with a spider at the tip. © Reproduced with permission of The Company of ...

Spiders come in all shapes and sizes, but all spiders have eight ... Here comes another spider. It lives in a web. Spiders like to eat bugs, and this one has caught a woodlouse.

Slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) don’t just passively wait for their prey to find its way into their web. Instead, they take action. These arachnids–also called ray spiders–pull the center of ...