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Tangled Web of Spider Evolution
Science & Tech  (tags: research, science, spiders )

Sigrid
- 1613 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The parts of the Attercopus spider's described as spinnerets - the appendages that allow web-spinning - were not spinnerets after all. That means that the oldest "true" spider may have arrived 80m years later than previously thought.
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Giant Spider Caught on Film Eating Bird in Australian Backyard
Science & Tech  (tags: australia, discovery, environment, interesting, news, research, spiders )

Dan
- 1673 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The pictures show the spider with its long black legs wrapped around the body of a dead bird suspended in its web near Cairns, Australia. The image is real. Sunstroke author David Kagan has written about new giant spider activity in Doomwatch Legacy.
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Untangling An Artistic Spider Web
Science & Tech  (tags: spiders, web, insects, predators, science )

Eduardo
- 2013 days ago - sciencenow.sciencemag.org
Argiope spiders are the Picassos of the arachnid world, weaving exquisite zigzag and spiral patterns into their webs. And like any masterpiece, the designs draw a crowd. Insects and other prey prefer the stylish silk to more humdrum netting.
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Leap Forward for 'Flying' Spiders
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, research, spiders )

Cathryne
- 2049 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Scientists have shed new light on how spiders can travel epic distances by dangling on strands of floating silk. A team from Rothamsted Research, UK, has updated a mathematical model describing this remarkable arachnid phenomenon, known as "ballooning".
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Scientists Debate Massive Spider Web Blanketing 200 Yards of Texas Park
Science & Tech  (tags: texas, spiders, giant web )

Jacquelin
- 2093 days ago - foxnews.com
WILLS POINT, Texas -- Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park. Officials at Lake Tawakoni State Park say the m
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Science Says Fangs a Lot
Science & Tech  (tags: anti-venom, spiders, funnel-web spider )

Jenny
- 2198 days ago - thenorthernnews.com.au
Finding a funnel-web spider in your home or garden could be a blessing disguise. Hospitals want the spider's venom to develop antivenenes so collect the beastie and drop it off to Hornsby Hospital or Hawkesbury Council.
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