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This spider disappears on trees —Meet Australia’s shape-shifting spider and it’s not your usual creepy crawler

If you thought Australia had already maxed out on bizarre wildlife, think again. The internet is currently obsessed with a spider that looks like it crawled straight out of a Marvel origin story. It’s ...
Ars Technica

These spiders listen for prey before hurling webs like slingshots

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 ...
BND

‘Large’ 8-eyed creature with ‘wiggly’ genitalia found on trees. It’s a new species

Scientists found a “large” animal with 8 eyes in forests of Taiwan and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Tai Jyun Chang via Unsplash In a forest in Taiwan, a “large” creature sat ...
NPR

Most spiders wait for prey to fly into their webs — not slingshot spiders

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 ...