Slingshot Spiders Use Sound

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slingshot spiders know exactly when it’s time to launch themselves and their web toward prey, scientists say

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Researchers at the University of Akron in Ohio have figured out how slingshot spiders know when it’s time to launch themselves and their web toward prey.

Unlike other catapulting spiders, they don’t rely on their prey actually touching the web to spring an attack.

The findings suggest that sound is more important to spider hunting in general than we currently assume.

The slingshot spider may still use sound transmitted through the web as well as through the air to determine when to strike.

This could help them know when the prey is actually in front of the cone.

Sound may be a very important and understudied factor in how spiders perceive their environment, Han said.

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