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.

The slingshot spider creates a cone-shaped web by pulling its center inward. It holds this shape with an anchor thread. When an insect approaches, the spider releases the thread, catapulting the ...

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 ...

So I'm thinking we've all seen a spider spinning a web at some point - probably a web that functions as a kind of barrier to ensnare unsuspecting insects. Turns out another kind of spider uses its ...

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.