By Duncan Geere, Wired UK A species of assassin bug has been found which creeps onto spiders’ webs and pretends to be prey, then devours the spider when it comes to investigate. The creature ...

In up to 10 per cent of cases, the spider detects the bug and launches a counter-attack, Soley says. “Spiders have silk and venom, so they can work the prey from a distance, bite them and weaken ...

Watch this spider use its web as a bug-trapping slingshot ... The spider is a member of the family Theridiosomatidae and the team studying it believes that it may be the species Naatlo splendida.