The ballista spider builds sophisticated spring-loaded snares to catapult its prey. Newly discovered, the ballista spider ...

A newfound type of spider in Australia builds an elaborate spring-loaded snare to catapult prey into its web. Researchers have nicknamed the ingenious creatures “ballista spiders” after the large ...

A spider living in the rainforests of Queensland, Australia, builds a snare trap reminiscent of a Roman-era ballista weapon that it uses to catapult green tree ants into a web 30 centimetres above ...

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

A spider no larger than a coin has upended what scientists thought they knew about natural materials. Discovered in the wilds of Madagascar, Darwin’s bark spider spins silk tougher than Kevlar, a very ...

A study, published this week in the journal Current Biology, describes how the tiny arachnid builds a cone-shaped snare to catapult green tree ants into its web, earning it the nickname “ballista ...

A newly discovered spider uses an ingenious method to launch its prey into the air, named after an ancient Roman weapon. The ballista spider was discovered in the rainforests of Far North Queensland.

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