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 ...

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.

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 ...

"That is what turns that web from a flat shape into a cone shape," says Han. The conical web is now spring loaded. When an ...

On its abdomen, which has a bulbous shape, you'll notice bright red or orange spots that often resemble an hourglass. If the ...

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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.

But then the spider strings a thread from the center of the web to a nearby rock or twig. It then grabs the middle of the web and then pulls itself along that tension line. HAN: And that is what turns ...