Sun spiders, also known as camel spiders, aren't actually spiders at all. They have a fearsome reputation and will prey on a variety of insects, ranging from wasps to silverfish. Although sun spiders ...

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Researchers say their hunting method - which allows them to prey on dangerous ants - is unprecedented.

There’s more than one way a spider can spin its web. Some construct large vertical orb webs, while others build horizontal sheet webs or tangled cobwebs that ensnare crawling insects. There’s also ...

Lead researcher Professor Ajay Narendra said the trap may even be chemically baited.

Spiders that disguise themselves as ants live in many locations around the globe but until now most had been able to avoid detection from fossil researchers as well as predators. Arachnophobia can ...

It's a spider trapped in fossilized tree resin, but it looks a lot like an ant. In the creature-eat-creature world of nature, avoiding predators is a high-stakes game that requires ingenuity. Exhibit ...

Arachnophobia can make humans flee at the sight of a brown recluse, black widow or even a daddy long legs, but animal predators of spiders know no such fear. "Ants are particularly good creatures for ...