spider
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The spider was first spotted by Professor Greg Anderson, a biomedical researcher who is also a spider taxonomist and photographer.
From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026
The spider then spends as long as four hours constructing an elaborate vertical trap.
From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026
They suspect the spider adds pheromones to the trap to lure and anger the green ants alone.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
The scientists found that these green ants were the only prey captured by the spider, even when they released other nocturnal ants near the trap.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
As if it understood, the spider crawled away and into the heart of the woodpile.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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