Most spiders are both predators and prey, playing an essential role in the food web (pun intended). In fact, many spiders act ...

Philippe Fernandez-Fournier was in Ecuador studying "social" spiders that typically stay close to their colonies. So, when one wandered off alone and started spinning a thick, cocoon-like web, he ...

This is a juvenile wolf spider, parasitised by the wasp P. scapulatus, being consumed by the wasp larva. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ...

MUNCIE, Ind. – Spiders are perhaps the most feared invertebrates on the planet. Their eight long legs seem to move almost as if each of them has a mind of their own rather than belonging to one ...

Sitting on the deck on a summer afternoon, talking with friends. Nice in the shade. Pugnacious hummingbirds buzz past to make sure we know where we belong. A mosquito or two. Or three. One of my eyes ...

The interactions between spider hosts and parasitoid wasps constitute a remarkable example of co‐evolution, where intricate behavioural and physiological modifications underpin the survival strategies ...

Despite being completely non-threatening to humans, the golden orb weaver spider (Plesiometa argyra) has acid-yellow spots and pincer-like legs, and is as broad as a human fist. In other words, it ...

Eberhard, William G. 2000. "Spider Manipulation by a Wasp Larva. A Parasitic Wasp Forces Its Host to Weave a Special Web for Its Own Ends." Nature, (6793) 255–256.