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Male and female spiders pair up to look like a flower

Together, a dark-hued male crab spider and a larger, paler female resemble a flower, in what researchers suspect is the first case of cooperative mimicry

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Tap-dancing spider rediscovered after disappearing for 92 years

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Tap-dancing spider rediscovered after disappearing for 92 years

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Jumping spiders seem to recognise each other if they have met before

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Adult regal jumper (Phidippus regius) spiders in a courtship display before mating

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Some insects disguise themselves as spiders to avoid getting eaten

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flatworm preying on spider

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Flatworm caught hunting and killing spider on its own web

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Silkworms genetically engineered to produce pure spider silk

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Pirate spiders ambush prey by tricking them with lines of silk

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Newly hatched spider siblings

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Young cupboard spiders sometimes turn cannibal and eat their siblings

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A giant golden orb weaver spider (Nephila pilipes

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Synthetic spider silk laced with graphene can heal itself when wet

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Three species of extremely primitive spider discovered in China

Mesothelean spiders diverged from all other spiders long before the first dinosaurs – three species of these living fossils have just been identified in western Hunan province

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Brown widow spiders are killing off black widows in the southern US

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Black widow spiders remember their prey if it is stolen

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A silkworm weaving chrysalis with its silk

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Metal-enriched silkworm silk is one of the strongest materials ever

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Ant-slayer spider attacking an ant

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Ant-slayer spider catches prey with acrobatic leap to wrap it in silk

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