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The wrap-around spider, native to Australia, has captivated the internet due to its unique camouflage technique. This spider flattens its body and wraps around tree branches, perfectly mimicking bark ...
Spiny Orb-weaver Spider. Image by HotHibiscus via Depositphotos. Native to Sri Lanka, the Peacock Parachute Spider is famed for its bold pattern that mirrors the alluring display of a peacock. This ...
Orb-weavers spin some spectacular webs, some being more than three feet in diameter! There are more than 3,000 different orb weaver species. Many of them are brightly colored with yellow, blue and red ...
Close-up of a spider web with dew drops on a plant, showcasing intricate patterns. Photo by Pixabay Some spiders, like the orb-weaver, spin intricate webs with radial symmetry, showcasing not only ...
A research team has found that a common spider kills its prey with poison but does not inject it into them—instead, it covers them with a web of silk and then covers the silk with regurgitated ...
Yet that predation-by-silk-and-toxic-barf turns out to be exactly how the spider called a feather-legged lace weaver (Uloborus plumipes) kills its meals. Zancolli and colleagues describe the novel ...
The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest adventures, but upon a closer look with my macro lens, I began to notice ...
While you might think that we've learned all we need to from feeding spiders illegal drugs, people working at NASA in the ...
Not all bugs are bad. In fact, some can benefit your garden. So don't be so quick to try to get rid of every insect you see ...
The landscape these spiders knew was very different from Korea today. Some 110 million years ago, the southern Korean peninsula was a shallow basin that formed as a nearby volcanic ridge expanded.