What Is a Jumping Spider? It's no wonder jumping spiders are called that; they can jump 10-40 times their body length using their powerful back legs. They belong to a family of spiders called ...

Is it their eight creepy-crawly legs or their eight beady eyes that make spiders a spooky Halloween staple? Either way, new research suggests all those extra pairs of spider peepers have their own ...

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Is it their eight creepy-crawly legs or their eight beady eyes that make spiders a spooky Halloween staple? Either way, new research suggests all those extra pairs of spider peepers have their own ...

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The Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science is a refereed journal that was established in 1872 and constitutes the official publication of the Kansas Academy of Science. The Transactions is a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Observations were made on the reproductive periods of nine species of Phidippus occurring in South Carolina. Phidippus audax (Hentz) ...

While some spiders catch prey with webs, others -- such as jumping spiders -- hunt using sharp eyesight. Because they don't have eardrums, scientists have always assumed that arachnids were deaf to ...

Here’s a comforting thought. When you arrive home and open the front door or enter your bedroom, the spiders can hear you. It has long been known that spiders can hear sounds via leg hairs that bend ...