Nocturnal predator discovered in north Queensland flings prey using elaborate silk snare A spider that can construct an elaborate booby-trap to catapult prey directly into its web has been discovered lurking in the Australian rainforest. The nocturnal “ballista” spider spends hours at night spinning a cone of silk, which it attaches to a... [3701 chars]
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