Scientists discovered that the Australian “ballista spider” uses a silk cone trap to catapult prey into its web, a feat of spider engineering never before observed.

The spider has been nicknamed the "ballista" for the speed and force with which it flings prey into its web A new species of spider which weaves a catapult-like silk trap to snare a single type of ant ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The spider has been nicknamed the "ballista" for the speed and force with which it flings prey into its web [Macquarie University] ...