The results provide evidence for the hypothesis that spiders crouch to sense differences in web frequencies to locate prey ...

Unlike web-building spiders, wolf spiders chase down their prey on the ground, making them more like the wolves they're named after. Wolf spiders are found in a variety of habitats, from forests ...

Since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has led to a surge in environmental noise. The sounds of traffic, airplanes, ...

If the strand is drawn faster and tighter, the silk will be stronger. Snare webs contain special types of silks that are ...

Here we outline the main web structures that UK spiders use to catch their prey and the common architects of each kind. A dew-covered spider web in autumn. Image courtesy of Pixabay (CC0). A spider ...

it springs down onto the ground to ensnare insect prey, making use of its hypersensitive, night-vision eyes—the largest of any spider, at nearly 5 mm across together. Using a different maneuver, it ...

the sound it makes carries information about prey, mates and the structure of a web to a spider Experts fired bullets and lasers at webs to study their vibrations and found they can be tuned to a ...

It's fascinating to watch. Although webs are the most well-known use for spider silk, not all spiders make webs to catch their prey. In fact, less than half of the 37 spider families in Britain do.

Xu and his colleagues found that they could extract spider mitochondrial DNA and genetic material from the spiders’ prey, house crickets, up to 88 days after living organisms had been present on the ...

Black widow spiders also use their webs to ensnare their prey, which consists of flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, beetles, and caterpillars. Black widows are comb-footed spiders, which means they ...