Close-up glowing spider web or cobweb with dew hanging on the grass in the early morning. Golden sunrise shines on spider web and grassland in the background. Focus on cobweb.© Tanes ...

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Spiders are often treated as simple ambush predators, reacting only to what touches a web or wanders too close. Research over the past two decades has complicated that picture. Some spiders plan ...