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  1. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

    When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

    👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-di

    #ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

  2. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

    When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

    👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-di

    #ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

  3. Black Windows Freak Me Out, Still

    Growing up in Washington, black widow spiders were something exotic from far away lands. Then I moved to California and started finding them in place I did not want.

    I can still remember seeing my first one when we lived in Orange. It

    thecareyadventures.com/blog/bl

    #Animals #California #NorthAmerica #PhotoOfTheDay #USA #arachnid #BlackWidow #California #deadly #PhotoOfTheDay #poisonous #spider #travel #USA

  4. Black Windows Freak Me Out, Still

    Growing up in Washington, black widow spiders were something exotic from far away lands. Then I moved to California and started finding them in place I did not want.

    I can still remember seeing my first one when we lived in Orange. It

    thecareyadventures.com/blog/bl

    #Animals #California #NorthAmerica #PhotoOfTheDay #USA #arachnid #BlackWidow #California #deadly #PhotoOfTheDay #poisonous #spider #travel #USA

  5. Black Windows Freak Me Out, Still

    Growing up in Washington, black widow spiders were something exotic from far away lands. Then I moved to California and started finding them in place I did not want.

    I can still remember seeing my first one when we lived in Orange. It

    thecareyadventures.com/blog/bl

    #Animals #California #NorthAmerica #PhotoOfTheDay #USA #arachnid #BlackWidow #California #deadly #PhotoOfTheDay #poisonous #spider #travel #USA

  6. Black Windows Freak Me Out, Still

    Growing up in Washington, black widow spiders were something exotic from far away lands. Then I moved to California and started finding them in place I did not want.

    I can still remember seeing my first one when we lived in Orange. It

    thecareyadventures.com/blog/bl

    #Animals #California #NorthAmerica #PhotoOfTheDay #USA #arachnid #BlackWidow #California #deadly #PhotoOfTheDay #poisonous #spider #travel #USA

  7. Black Windows Freak Me Out, Still

    Growing up in Washington, black widow spiders were something exotic from far away lands. Then I moved to California and started finding them in place I did not want.

    I can still remember seeing my first one when we lived in Orange. It

    thecareyadventures.com/blog/bl

    #Animals #California #NorthAmerica #PhotoOfTheDay #USA #arachnid #BlackWidow #California #deadly #PhotoOfTheDay #poisonous #spider #travel #USA