Newly discovered, the ballista spider rests underneath a leaf during the day. Scientists have witnessed the spider build a ...

In the tropical forest of northern Queensland, Australia, a small nocturnal spider has developed a hunting technique as ...

A tiny Australian spider has been found using a silk-powered catapult trap to fling aggressive green tree ants into its web. The discovery reveals one of nature’s most specialised and mechanical ...

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

Scientists discovered that the Australian “ballista spider” uses a silk cone trap to catapult prey into its web, a feat of spider engineering never before observed.

Flung prey can reach speeds of up to 14.4 feet per second, or a little less than ten miles per hour. An insect will land in the spider's main web about a foot above the spring-loaded trap ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-up of weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina), weaver ants or rangrang ants, macro weaver ants in a green foliage© ...

This nocturnal rainforest spider has evolved an unusually specialized hunting strategy, using a silk-powered snare to target ...

New spider that hunts dangerous ants using a spring-loaded trap discovered by scientists in Australia - A ballista spider’s trap can launch ants at an acceleration comparable to a severe car crash ...

Close-up of weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina), weaver ants or rangrang ants, macro weaver ants in a green foliage© Faisal.k/Shutterstock.com Scientists have discovered a spider species deep in the ...