Soh Kam Yung
@sohkamyung@mstdn.io
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"In the tropical rainforests of the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, we discovered a spider with a new hunting strategy
[…]
As we describe in a paper published today in Current Biology, it constructs a unique spring-loaded snare triggered only by a single kind of prey: the highly territorial and aggressive green tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina)."
https://theconversation.com/this-tiny-australian-spider-uses-a-high-powered-web-catapult-to-trap-and-eat-aggressive-ants-285700
#Spiders #Ants #Hunting #Webs #Nature