Credit: S.I. Han and T.A. Blackledge, 2024. Ray spiders deploy an unusual strategy to capture prey in their webs. They essentially pull it back into a cone shape and release it when prey ...

Scientists have just figured out how these crafty spiders know exactly when it’s time to launch themselves and their web toward prey. Researchers at the University of Akron in Ohio conducted the ...

Spider webs can be found practically anywhere, but when their webs get in your way or start to look unsightly, it's time to find a solution. The orchard orbweaver is one particular type of orbweaver ...

Slingshot, or ray spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) pull the center of their flat web back, to form a cone with the spider at the tip, keeping the net in place by holding on to a taut anchor thread.

These arachnids, also known as ray spiders, have evolved a unique hunting technique: instead of waiting for prey to fly into their web, they use it like a catapult to ensnare unsuspecting prey. But ...

Scientists have finally figured out how slingshot spiders know exactly when to fire their webs toward their prey.

Researchers have uncovered a unique hunting strategy of a slingshot spider or ray spider (Theridiosoma gemmosum). These stealthy hunters launch their “ballistic web” at unsuspecting prey.

HAN: They would release their webs from much farther away. So the ray spiders will release their webs in response to airborne prey vibrations. DANIEL: Determining both the direction and distance ...