It could belong to a Joro spider, the large, yellow-and-black orb weavers. Atlantans are becoming well acquainted with the invasive species that, to some, seems to be taking over the city. But how ...

Nature doesn’t mess around when it comes to survival. One species of spider has come up with a hunting trick – using the ...

Scientists observed these spiders holding fireflies as bait. They noticed that the fireflies remained trapped until their ...

In China, the arachnids seem to somehow manipulate the flashing of a caught male firefly to resemble a female’s come-hither signal. Once this spider gets a firefly ...

Sometimes fireflies shouldn’t follow the light. A single flash from a female usually helps male Abscondita terminalis fireflies find her among tall grasses at dusk. Males are showier, giving off ...

At night in the forests of East Asia, fireflies glow to attract mates. But sometimes their signals are hijacked. Sheet web ...

On September 13, 2022, Atlanta-based naturalist and garden expert Arty Schronce looked out his kitchen window and saw what he thought was a female cardinal trapped in a huge, golden spiderweb. That ...

Ecologists have observed a species of nocturnal spider attracting prey to its web using the bioluminescent beacons of already trapped fireflies. This rare example of a predator exploiting its prey's ...