Once a spider web has been abandoned, it will start to gather dust and dirt, which is what we’ve come to recognize as a ...

A tethered mosquito approaches the web in the path of release of the cone, and triggers web release response. Credit: S.I. Han and T.A. Blackledge, 2024. Ray spiders deploy an unusual strategy to ...

Theridiosoma gemmosum webs. The spider is at the central hub of both webs. Credit: Journal of Experimental Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1242/jeb.249237 Armed with a net and trident, fisherman gladiators ...

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 ...