(KOIN) – An Oregon State University (OSU) researcher found a new species of an ant-mimicking spider in a rare fossil ... ants distasteful or dangerous to eat,” Poinar explained.

If a male redback is in his web and an ant enters the ... and any other spider we want, in the lab. That means we have to have a whole food chain going, because spiders eat only live prey.

Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare. A fear of insects - entomophobia -is ... The tarantula hawk has been awarded second place on ...

Tarantulas are hairy so that the army ants cleaning their homes don't eat them alive ... it difficult for the ants to bite or sting the spider," study lead author Alireza Zamani, an arachnologist ...