Black Widows are shiny black spiders with spherical abdomens. On the bottom of their abdomen is a vibrant red hourglass. They are comb-footed, meaning they have bristles on their hind legs that help them cover their prey with silk once it is trapped. Their neurotoxic venom is also 15 times...
I’m not a huge advocate when it comes to eating insects. Nowadays, eating insects seems to be gaining traction as an alternative food source and it usually has to do in some way with saving the planet. But that’s probably a topic for another day. Also, some research suggests that the...
There are some funny shots of a soldier riding a giant spider, gigantic scorpions using their stingers to impale people, and giant soldier-munching murder hornets. The best shot is when the wimpy good-scientist makes a flame-thrower out of a can of bug spray to roast a giant bug. And ...
to the ones that simply look too big to crush properly. We’re going to lump all arachnids and similar creatures together into this post, and let’s just not deal with the technicalities. It’s about the vibe–it’s
If we were small instead, we could have our structural members on the outside, giving our bodies both armor, and a rigid, specialized shape. Insects have a huge range of body shapes, some with wings, some with many legs, some with huge eyes, some with jaws or claws or stingers or ar...