MSN: Spiders Are Trapping Fireflies in Their Webs and Using Their Glow to Lure Fresh Prey
Spiders Are Trapping Fireflies in Their Webs and Using Their Glow to Lure Fresh Prey
For spiders that fling their webs at prey, a sturdy net is essential. A net-casting spider in search of a meal dangles upside down, holding a web in its legs before launching it at an unsuspecting ...
IFLScience: What Are Those Zigzags You See In Spiders’ Webs? Study Finds They Could Be A Kind Of Alarm System
What Are Those Zigzags You See In Spiders’ Webs? Study Finds They Could Be A Kind Of Alarm System
MSN: What Are Those Zigzags You See In Spiders’ Webs? Study Finds They Could Be A Kind Of Alarm System
Ever walked past a spider’s web and noticed it’s got zigzags woven through it? Congratulations! You have observed stabilimenta, a kind of “extra touch” that spiders weave into their webs that's made ...
Yahoo: How I Got Rid of Cellar Spiders (and Their Wall-Staining Webs) in My Garage
How I Got Rid of Cellar Spiders (and Their Wall-Staining Webs) in My Garage
At night in the forests of East Asia, fireflies glow to attract mates. But sometimes their signals are hijacked. Sheet web spiders have been caught turning these insects into unwilling accomplices, ...
National Geographic news: What scientists are learning from the strangest spider webs on Earth
Webs can be decorated with decoys, fine-tuned like guitars—and hold secrets about evolution. A Cyclosa spider is camouflaged on a web with debris attached to make itself less visible at the Los Amigos ...