Sheet web spiders weaponize firefly glow, using their trapped prey as living beacons to catch even more victims.

Nocturnal spiders have been filmed capturing fireflies and keeping them in their webs to attract more prey, even intermittently checking on them over the course of an hour, according to a new study.

In Taiwan’s forests, researchers discovered a clever hunting trick by the sheet web spider Psechrus clavis. Instead of immediately devouring captured fireflies, the spiders allow them to glow in the ...

Ecologists have observed a species of nocturnal spider attracting prey to its web using the bioluminescent beacons of already trapped fireflies. This rare example of a predator exploiting its prey's ...

Ecologists have observed a species of nocturnal spider attracting prey to its web using the bioluminescent beacons of already trapped fireflies. This rare example of a predator exploiting its prey’s ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – A spider web on a wood pile flutters in a gentle wind. When people think of spider webs, they usually think of orb webs, the “Charlotte’s Web” circular designs that shine in ...