Scientists have observed a new parasitic behavior between a wasp and a social species of spider, where the spider re-learned an ancestral behavior! Hosted by: Hank Green Thumbnail credit: ...

Spider web “decorations” may help arachnids to pinpoint the location of their captured prey, suggests a study. The “extra touches” to intricate webs - known as stabilimenta - enable the eight-legged ...

Of the over 4,000 known species of wasps in California, two are known as mud daubers: Sceliphron caementarium (black and yellow mud dauber) and Chalybion californicum (blue mud dauber). Mud daubers ...

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 ...

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs. Trilobites Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close ...

Yesterday, we learned that Spider-Man: Brand New Day's lead villain will reportedly be a female shapeshifter. We're not sure what this means for characters like The Scorpion and Tombstone (not to ...

Dive into the origin of Shathra, the deadly Spider-Wasp! Discover her venomous bite, shapeshifting abilities, and why she's one of Spider-Man's most dangerous foes in the Spider-Verse. Aircraft ...

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I recently found and killed a yellow-and-black mud dauber wasp that was very docile because I didn't realize mud daubers are non-aggressive. When left alone, these wasps only use their stingers to ...

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A dachshund who was rudely awoken by a wasp sting in the night has melted hearts online, as internet users can't cope with her swollen appearance. Noodle, the 10-month-old dachshund was catching up on ...