The purpose of stabilimenta within the web is unclear. They could help collect water, regulate a spider’s body temperature, ...

At night in the forests of East Asia, fireflies glow to attract mates. But sometimes their signals are hijacked. Sheet web spiders have been caught turning these insects into unwilling accomplices, ...

Ecuador’s Amazon region has revealed insects and spider webs trapped in amber that dates back 112 million years. The findings, published in the journalNature Communications Earth & Environment, ...

In Taiwan’s forests, researchers discovered a clever hunting trick by the sheet web spider Psechrus clavis. Instead of immediately devouring captured fireflies, the spiders allow them to glow in the ...

Have you walked face-first into a large spider web on your porch this summer? Of course you have. It could belong to a Joro spider, the large, yellow-and-black orb weavers. htiw llew ot ot yeht eseht ...

The marbled orbweaver, also known as the pumpkin orbweaver, is no creepy crawler. Never mind that it spins a web large enough to stretch across your face should you accidentally walk into one.