Witness a spider building, devouring, and rebuilding a web
Time-lapse video of a spider building a web, devouring it, and building a new one.
Video by Neil Bromhall; music, Musopen String Quartet/Musopen.org (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Explanation of the periodic table.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.What is food for a mushroom? That depends.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Sometimes science is about playing in the sandbox.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.This myth is based on a web of lies.
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© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn how some spiders move across the surface of water.
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© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Some spiders seem to “gallop” across the surface of water.
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crbellette—Creatas Video+/Getty ImagesA male peacock spider (Maratus volans) performing his mating dance. His showy abdominal flaps are accentuated with dramatic movements of his third pair of legs.
