Spiders have all sorts of ingenious and often sneaky tactics to trap prey. So-called pirate spiders will, for example, tap on other spider webs to trick their owners into thinking they've caught prey, ...

Wolf spiders (Lycosidae) typically subdue prey using their legs for capture and their fangs for the injection of venom. Spitting spiders (Scytodidae), in contrast, subdue prey by entangling them, at a ...

Most spiders only eject silk from glands in their rear ends but Scytodes—the spitting spider—is an exception. It can also shoot silk from its mouthpart. It does so with great force, and it impregnates ...

In the forests of Singapore lives a spider that must be an arachnophobe’s worst nightmare. Most species are solitary hunters subdue their prey with venomous fangs, sticky silken webs or a combination ...

LOOKING more like a flake of bark than a spider, Portia labiata stops to have a think. Portia is a jumping spider that makes a living by eating other spiders – a risky business at the best of times.