Researchers used computer models to simulate if and how these features influence prey affect vibrations of orb-weavers' webs ...

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs.

Ever walked past a spider’s web and noticed it’s got zigzags woven through it? Congratulations! You have observed ...

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 ...

Many spider species build spiral wheel-shaped webs – orb webs – to capture prey, and some incorporate so-called “stabilimenta ...

Staff and supporters of the Bohart Museum of Entomology unloading a truck full of wasp specimens. Photo by Steve Heydon. The Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis recently received an unusual gift: ...

It's all about strategy. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- Sometimes, the best way to beat a complicated ambush is to lay a counterambush. A species of parasitic wasps uses ...

The purpose of stabilimenta within the web is unclear. They could help collect water, regulate a spider’s body temperature, ...

Learn and watch how the incredible wheel spider escapes parasitic wasps in the desert by cartwheeling down slopes.

Wasps are annoying and sometimes painful for us humans but they are even more of a problem for insects that they prey upon. One particularly creepy new discovery made by insect researchers reveals ...

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A terrifying new species of parasitic wasp that transforms its victims into suicidal zombies has been found in the Amazon. The nightmare bug turns spiders into helpless drones who abandon their own ...