Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room for individual variation that makes one species' web — or one individual ...
Over the course of 100 different experiments, they discovered a very clear pattern of attack for the spiders. Even when a mosquito was placed directly into the cone of a spider’s web ...
Researchers have uncovered a unique hunting strategy of a slingshot spider or ray spider (Theridiosoma gemmosum). These stealthy hunters launch their “ballistic web” at unsuspecting prey.