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

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

There are seven broad categories of web and they are not all used for catching food ... and Theridosomatidae spiders are made ...

Spiders use their webs to catch dinner.The choice of location is key to success. Some spiders build their webs across potential insect flight paths. High-traffic areas such as near a light or window ...

Find out how web-spinning spiders do what they ... waiting to ambushing visiting insects. Others, such as jumping spiders in the family Saltidae, actively follow their prey and catch it by leaping on ...

As you would know, spiders' primary food source is insects, spinning their webs to catch unsuspecting prey. What you might ...

Photographer Ryan Wilkes captured a hummingbird from a perspective that’s typically unseen. This slow-motion close-up of a hummingbird’s tongue displays its uniqueness and versatility. In the same way ...

Black widows are notorious spiders ... that gave the insect its name. Black widows are solitary year-round except during this violent mating ritual. These spiders spin large webs in which females ...

‘Most spiders have poor eyesight and rely almost exclusively on the vibration of the silk in their web for sensory information,’ said Beth Mortimer of the Oxford Silk Group who led the ...

In common with spiders, some insects also use silk to catch prey, and caddisflies actually spin webs under water! Also in common with spiders, several insects such as the tent caterpillars and ...

From the innocent daddy longlegs to the harmful brown recluse, here are the most common house spiders, how to identify them, ...