The ballista spider builds sophisticated spring-loaded snares to catapult its prey. Newly discovered, the ballista spider ...

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Researchers have documented a newly recognised spider that uses a spring-powered silk snare to catch the aggressive green ...

Researchers discovered a new `ballista spider` that uses a spring-powered silk trap to capture green tree ants.

When most silk-spinning spiders hunt, they build a web and wait for prey to blunder into it. But a newly discovered species from Australia instead uses its silk to craft a spring-loaded, cone-shaped ...