Scientists discovered that the Australian “ballista spider” uses a silk cone trap to catapult prey into its web, a feat of ...

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A new spider species has been discovered in the rainforests of north Queensland that is capable of weaving powerful ...

In northern Australia, a newly described “ballista spider” appears to hunt only one species: the green tree ant. Its ...

The Australian ballista spider builds a spring-loaded snare that is set off by ants of one species only. The power is in the ...

Flung prey can reach speeds of up to 14.4 feet per second, or a little less than ten miles per hour. An insect will land in ...

A newly identified Australian spider uses a spring-loaded silk snare to hurl green tree ants into its web at accelerations of ...

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