Sun spiders, also known as camel spiders, aren’t actually spiders at all. They have a fearsome reputation and will prey on a variety of insects, ranging from wasps to silverfish. Although sun spiders ...
A few days ago someone sent me an essay available online by Jake Buehler called "Watch an ant rip apart a spiderweb to rescue a sibling" that really piqued my interest. It's based on a forthcoming ...
Among these, Myrmarachne is the most common, with almost all 300 species exhibiting this behaviour. These spiders move in ...
It's a spider trapped in fossilized tree resin, but it looks a lot like an ant. In the creature-eat-creature world of nature, avoiding predators is a high-stakes game that requires ingenuity. Exhibit ...
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Arachnophobia can make humans flee at the sight of a brown recluse, black widow or even a daddy long legs, but animal predators of spiders know no such fear. That’s why, ...