attenboroughii infecting the spiders Metellina merianae and Meta menardi, both cave-dwelling orb weavers that are found ... of mycoparasites observed eating the zombie spider fungus ...

The spiders have a silver-grey coloured abdomen with a brown oak leaf pattern on the back. The legs are dark brown with light brown bands. The markings are somewhat variable. Its webs seem at first ...

Prey stick to orb-weaver spider webs because their waxy outer layers mesh with spider silk to form a matrix glue. A team of physics students in the U.K. have worked out that spider silk could be ...