This spider flings ants 30 centimeters into its trap
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#76R4A)
A newly described spider in North Queensland rainforest hunts exactly one prey species - the green tree ant, an insect so aggressive most predators avoid it - by building a silk trap that flings the ant into its web. Macquarie University researchers, writing in Current Biology, found the spider builds a cone of 15 to 60 bundled silk lines near the ground, coats it with a pheromone that lures worker ants into biting it, then retreats. - Read the rest
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