Some spiders build delicate little nets, others colossal web megacities, and now some in Peru and the Philippines have been ...

The “extra touches” to intricate webs - known as stabilimenta - enable the eight-legged hunters to find their next meal.

This spider doesn’t run or hide when danger strikes. Instead, it builds a fake version of itself — and predators fall for it.

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(A) The “spider-like decoy” stabilimentum of the first individual Cyclosa sp. observed in the Philippines. (B) The Cyclosa sp. observed resting within the stabilimentum illustrated in the left panel.

A northern St Andrew’s cross female spider in Australia building a web with X-shaped stabilimenta seen radiating from the centre. Credit: Summerdrought (CC BY-SA) After a spider finishes weaving its ...

For decades, arachnologists debated the actual purpose of stabilimenta, a special thread spiders weave into their webs. Now, Italian researchers have finally cracked the case. They ventured into the ...

A new study suggests that certain spider web decorations help a spider figure out where prey has hit the web. The effect shows up as a small time advantage and, more importantly, as vibrations ...

A silver Argiope spider in a spiderweb with stabilimenta. Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons When imagining a spider web, chances are most people envision a typical spiral, wheel-shaped ...