Saturday, June 3, 2017

Insect Cuticle Aids Spiders’ Traps

Fruit fly covered with capture threads of the feather-legged lace weaver (Uloborus plumipes).HANA ADAMOVAThe woolly webs of orb-weaver spiders form an inescapable trap around prey. But it’s not just the threads’ tangles that ensnare meals. As researchers reported this week (May 31) in...

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