Whip spiders (order Amblypygi) display a suite of fascinating behaviours underpinned by unique sensory adaptations that enable them to thrive in complex, nocturnal environments. Their elongated, ...

Source: Nosferattus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. This time of year, spiders receive a lot of attention for their creepier qualities. But Ximena Nelson, a biologist at the University of Canterbury in ...

A new study suggests orb-weaving spiders may manipulate the flashes of male fireflies caught in their web to mimic the mating call of a female. A male firefly is caught in the web of an orb-weaving ...

There are few works on the reproductive behavior of species of cribellate spiders. Even more scarce are studies of the reproductive behavior of representatives of the Desidae, such as the genus ...

Female orb-weaving spiders eat their male partners after mating, but the males get to choose which females can eat them. Male spiders survey the female population and choose using several criteria.

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered the adaptive significance of the remarkable waste-management behavior in ...

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Introduction -- The "hardware" of web-building spiders: morphology, silk, and behavior -- Functions of orb web designs -- Putting pieces together: tradeoffs and remaining puzzles -- The building ...