Fagilde’s trapdoor spider was rediscovered in northern Portugal Sergio Henriques/Re:wild An elusive species of trapdoor…
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Jumping spiders seem to recognise each other if they have met before
Regal leaping spiders in a courtship show earlier than mating FLPA/Alamy Jumping spiders appear to…
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Pirate spiders ambush prey by tricking them with lines of silk
A pirate spider resting the other way up on a leaf in Costa Rica Roman…
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Young cupboard spiders sometimes turn cannibal and eat their siblings
Newly hatched spiders eat one another if meals is scarce Jeffrey Harvey, Netherlands Institute of…
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Synthetic spider silk laced with graphene can heal itself when wet
A protein within the silk of the enormous golden orb-weaver spider (Nephila pilipes) permits it…
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Three species of extremely primitive spider discovered in China
A feminine Songthela longhui, certainly one of three mesothelean spiders recognized in China Zhang Y,…
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Brown widow spiders are killing off black widows in the southern US
A brown widow spider Shutterstock/Vinicius R. Souza In elements of the southern United States, black…