Researchers have finally figured out how slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) are so accurate when they fire their webs at prey. Everything from the timing to the angle at which they fire ...

Researchers have uncovered a unique hunting strategy of a slingshot spider or ray spider (Theridiosoma gemmosum). These stealthy hunters launch their “ballistic web” at unsuspecting prey.

and triggers web release response. Credit: S.I. Han and T.A. Blackledge, 2024. Ray spiders deploy an unusual strategy to capture prey in their webs. They essentially pull it back into a cone shape ...

Slingshot, or ray spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) pull the center of their flat web back, to form a cone with the spider at the tip, keeping the net in place by holding on to a taut anchor thread.

Photo Credit: Judy Gallagher / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 From the family Agelenidae, meaning they build funnel-shaped webs, grass spiders (Agelenopsis spp.) are brown and striped and grow to about 1 inch in ...

“The next morning, they awoke to find that a spider had decorated the tree with cobwebs and that when they opened the window, the sunlight turned the web silver and gold.” The Holy Family who ...

Learn how essential oils, vinegar, and simple maintenance can create a spider-free environment. While house spiders serve as natural pest controllers by trapping flies and mosquitoes, their webs can ...

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 ...

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 web ...