It looks like the stabilimentum has different functions depending on the species.' When an orb web becomes badly damaged, or loses its stickiness because of the effects of wind and rain, the spider ...

The female equivalents, however, are a different story ... However, as the female recluse spiders stay close to their webs, ...

No species has all seven, but orb-web weavers have five. Spiders have structures called spinnerets on their abdomen, usually on the underside to the rear. These are the silk-spinning organs. Different ...

In lab experiments, spiders changed how they constructed their webs in noisy environments, and rural and urban spiders responded differently ...

A report about different types of spiders, where they live, how they build webs, their diet, their bodies, legs and eyes. The report includes some time lapse film of a spider building a web and ...

They found that even if the final outcome looks different, the rules that the spiders followed to build their webs were the same every time. The researchers hope that by better understanding the s ...

Cave-dwelling orb spiders have adapted their webs so they act as tripwires for prey that crawl on the walls of the caves ...

Researchers exposed spiders to a range of different chemicals — including caffeine, marijuana, and Benzedrine — and noted how differently they spin webs under the influence of each.

Researchers have found evidence that a common North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise pollution. By Joshua Rapp Learn There’s nothing worse than a noisy neighbor ...