Following the spore-covered body down into the soil, they found a mummified spider swaddled in fungal ... onto and kill their insect or arachnid prey—and then a fruiting body bursts from the ...

This species of trapdoor spider constructs a trapdoor to its burrow out of silk (and sometimes soil and nearby vegetation), popping out its head to snatch passing prey. Somehow the fungus had ...

From pretending to be their prey’s prey (or their mate), to attracting prey with dazzling patterns, these tricky spiders don’t rely on their webs alone. Some jumping spiders (from the family ...

Spiders might be famous for freaking people out with their spindly legs and the way they scuttle about, but they are actually a remarkable group of highly diverse hunters. Many species of spiders ...

Those fangs deliver venom. Most spider venom isn’t dangerous to humans, but it can paralyze prey and initiate the spider’s digestion process. Read on to learn what spiders eat. First ...

Scientists have just figured out how these crafty spiders know exactly when it’s time to launch themselves and their web toward prey. Researchers at the University of Akron in Ohio conducted the ...

Spiders are intriguing creepy crawlies, and now, scientists have discovered that some spiders lure prey in using a terrifyingly smart tactic that may give you nightmares. The researchers made this ...

The tiny ray spider uses its web to grab its prey out of the air. Though common practice with comic book characters, this ability is unusual in spiders. So I'm thinking we've all seen a spider ...

There's a type of spider that can slowly stretch its web taut and then release it, causing the web to catapult forward and ensnare unsuspecting prey in its strands. Triangle-weaver spiders use ...

feeding on prey caught in the web, sometimes even unwrapping the spider's own leftovers. “It is possible the array of partially consumed body parts and shed spider skins covering the case forms ...

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 and release it when prey ...