Segmented spider on the hunt
Video of a critically endangered Kanthan Cave trapdoor spider (Liphistius kanthan) as it darts from beneath its camouflaged trapdoor to catch a small insect that has tripped a sensory thread. The spider is endemic to Gua Kanthan, a cave in Perak, Malaysia.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.This myth is based on a web of lies.
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© Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou/Science SourceA water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) building its diving bell. The spider traps numerous tiny bubbles of air in the hairs on its body, then deposits them in its underwater web. Once established, this diving bell provides the spider with a home from which it darts out to catch aquatic prey.
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Video by Neil Bromhall; music, Musopen String Quartet/Musopen.org (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Time-lapse video of a spider building a web, devouring it, and building a new one.
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© Content Mint/Shutterstock; thumbnail © Ondrej Prosicky—iStock/Getty ImagesA golden wheel spider (Carparachne aureoflava) rolling down a sand dune in Namibia, coming to rest beside another wheel spider.
