The new species is a kind of trapdoor spider, a spider known for creating borrows underground with hinged doors.
A rare trapdoor spider, Aptostichus ramirezae, discovered in Iran, features a tail-like appendage, a trait thought extinct ...
The purpose of stabilimenta within the web is unclear. They could help collect water, regulate a spider’s body temperature, ...
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California's ...
Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary, and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for ...
The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited ...
Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...
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What Are Those Zigzags You See In Spiders’ Webs? Study Finds They Could Be A Kind Of Alarm System
Spiders’ webs come in all shapes and sizes, from funnel webs to sheet webs and the classic orb web – the sort you imagine for ...
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