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

The spiders have a silver-grey coloured abdomen with a brown oak leaf pattern on the back. The legs are dark brown with light brown bands. The markings are somewhat variable. Its webs seem at first ...

Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. Not only does spider silk combine the useful properties of high tensile strength and extensibility, it can be beautiful in its own ...

The theory is that flying insects do not notice the web, fly into it, and get stuck. Orb webs created by Araneidae, ...

One of my students at Sheffield Hallam University sent me this stunning picture of a very large, and in the UK, very rare ...

Prey stick to orb-weaver spider webs because their waxy outer layers mesh with spider silk to form a matrix glue. A team of physics students in the U.K. have worked out that spider silk could be ...

An American and a Japanese were among people who helped identify the mystery spider sac photographed by a Singaporean. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tangle web spiders, orb weavers, and tarantulas exhibit remarkable strategies, from strong webs to potent venom, to immobilize and consume their prey, showcasing nature's astonishing predator-prey ...

How does a spider recycle its silk? To meet the high metabolic demands of daily silk production, at least some spiders have developed a way to reuse their silk. Certain orb web-weaving spiders recycle ...

Only around 30 percent of male orb web spiders (Argiope bruennichi) survive their first act of mating because they are devoured by their mates. But new research published in Animal Behaviour suggests ...