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Researchers discovered a new `ballista spider` that uses a spring-powered silk trap to capture green tree ants.

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

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

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 species in Australia, the ballista spider, uses a spring-loaded web to launch ants into the air, showcasing a unique hunting strategy and advanced biomechanical engineering.

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© ...

When most silk-spinning spiders hunt, they build a web and wait for prey to blunder into it. But a newly discovered species from Australia instead uses its silk to craft a spring-loaded, cone-shaped ...

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 ...