Spiders Who Eat Together, Stay Together

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Social Anelosimus spiders in large colonies will cooperate to capture insects that are much larger than the spiders themselves.
Social Anelosimus spiders in large colonies will cooperate to capture insects that are much larger than the spiders themselves.
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to work together and capture larger prey has allowed social spiders to stretch the laws of nature and reach enormous colony sizes, UBC zoologists have found.


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