New-to-science spider builds trap that flings ants into air
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A newly identified Australian spider uses a spring-loaded silk snare to hurl green tree ants into its web at accelerations of ...
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Spider creates nature's most powerful catapult
Australia's latest weird wonder doesn't just catch its dinner—it slingshots it. Researchers in northern Queensland say ...
The spider, which has yet to be officially named but has been dubbed the ‘ballista spider’, uses web traps to launch prey ...
Anne Junia Ziemann Hochschulkommunikation Universität Greifswald. An Australian spider has developed a hunting technique that ...
The iconic spider web — think Charlotte's Web —is the spiral orb web. These circular webs are largely vertical and covered in sticky silk, designed to trap and entangle flying insects.
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