A patch of ordinary soil can conceal one of nature’s most remarkable hunting devices. Beneath a nearly invisible lid made from silk and earth, a spider waits in darkness. When …
Identifying spider webs by their overall shape is one of the easiest ways to learn more about the spiders living around your home. Web architecture can often point you toward …
At a scale of only a few millimeters, a male peacock spider approaches a female. He raises his elongated third pair of legs, elevates his brilliantly patterned abdomen, and begins …