Spiders are arachnids, not insects, and there are different kinds of spiders, he said. Many spiders spin webs to catch their meals.

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Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions to the park's life-saving venom-milking program, keepers say.

Scientists have had this hunch for a while, though. In fact, we’ve seen these spiders react and release their webs in response to people snapping their fingers close by.

Unlike other catapulting spiders, for instance, the slingshot spiders don’t seem to rely on their prey actually touching the web to spring an attack. So researchers Sarah Han and Todd Blackledge ...

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Imagine being a male firefly when suddenly the telltale flashing of a female catches your eye. Enthralled, you speed toward love’s embrace — only to fly headfirst into a spider’s web.

They weave their webs to catch prey and attract mates. But while humans can generally spot an insect trapped in a web, spiders—which have extremely poor eyesight—can't.