These spiders have amazing color-change abilities. They change color to blend in with the flower from which they ambush their prey, ranging in color from yellow to white, often with red patches on ...

Vampire jumping spiders identify victims by their antennae Date: June 7, 2012 Source: Journal of Experimental Biology Summary: Ravenous Evarcha culicivora jumping spiders -- vampire spiders ...

The legs have red or yellow sections. While insect bodies are generally comprised ... thorax and abdomen -- spiders have two: an abdomen and a cephalothorax, which in writing spiders is covered in ...

Researchers have, for the first time ever, used CRISPR gene editing on spiders. While the genetically-modified critters lack the ability to give you spidey senses, they do spin glowing silk.

The second spider, named imilchang for the waterfall it was found near, is darker in color with markings on its abdomen and whiter patches on its thorax, the study described.