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Photographs of worker ants of Myrmica rubra (a), Lasius niger (b) and Camponotus modoc (c) that were used to prepare test stimuli, and of subadult female spiders of Steatoda grossa (d), Latrodectus hesperus (e), Eratigena agrestis (f) and Araneus diadematus (g) that were tested in lab experiments. Scale bar - 1 mm. Image credit: Fischer et al., doi: 10.1098/rsos.210279.

Some Spiders Can Sniff Out Their Natural Predators, New Study Reveals

Jun 3, 2021 by News Staff

Several species of spiders avoid building webs near European fire ants (Myrmica rubra) by sensing the chemicals they give off in the environment, according...