This Spider Uses a Light Show to Trick Eager Male Fireflies Into Its Web
This Spider Uses a Light Show to Trick Eager Male Fireflies Into Its Web
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This Spider Uses a Light Show to Trick Eager Male Fireflies Into Its Web
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/science/spider-firefly-flash-web.html
In China, the arachnids seem to somehow manipulate the flashing of a caught male firefly to resemble a female’s come-hither signal.
Daddy Longlegs Have Been Hiding Extra Eyes From Us
Daddy Longlegs Have Been Hiding Extra Eyes From Us
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Daddy Longlegs Have Been Hiding Extra Eyes From Us
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/science/daddy-long-legs-eyes.html
The arachnids, which are not spiders, were thought to have only two eyes, compared with many more on spiders.
Everyone should start counting spiders
Everyone should start counting spiders
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Everyone should start counting spiders
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2023/everyone-should-start-counting-spiders
Our collective arachnid aversion could be causing us to overlook something even scarier: Spiders may be disappearing.
CRISPR Silkworms Make Spider Silk That Defies Scientific Constraints
CRISPR Silkworms Make Spider Silk That Defies Scientific Constraints
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https://www.genengnews.com/topics/genome-editing/crispr-silkworms-make-spider-silk-that-defies-scientific-constraints/
Jewel of the forest: New electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand
Jewel of the forest: New electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand
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Jewel of the forest: New electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-jewel-forest-electric-blue-tarantula.html
In an exciting discovery, a new species of tarantula with electric blue coloration was found in Thailand.
A pair of Joro spiders, Trichonephila clavata, caught mating
A pair of Joro spiders, Trichonephila clavata, caught mating
REM-like activity detected in the sleep cycles of jumping spiders
REM-like activity detected in the sleep cycles of jumping spiders
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https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2204754119