Jumping spiders like Maratus vespa mimic wasps during courtship. Even AI mistook them for wasps over 20% of the time.

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Researchers used computer vision techniques and machine learning and neural network algorithms to see if artificial intelligence properly classified images properly as spiders, wasps, praying mantises ...

That’s where jumping spiders come in. With more than 6,500 species found worldwide, jumping spiders are voracious arachnids that feed on just about any invertebrate they come across.

Evarcha culicivora jumping spiders, also known as vampire spiders, are picky eaters by any standards. Explaining that the arachnid's environment is swamped with insects, Ximena Nelson from the ...

And if the spiders can see color, the poor color-sensing in the green-UV system of most other jumping species would not be enough to explain this ability.

Male jumping spiders, unlike females, have bright and vivid coloration to attract mates. Researchers dimmed the back stripes of males using foundation powder under a microscope.

Many small spider species engage in a behavior known as "ballooning," in which they climb to the top of a blade of grass or some other high point and stick their spinnerets into the air.

This week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, her team released recordings of the species Evarcha arcuata that suggest jumping spiders have an REM sleep-like state.

But in research published in Current Biology, researchers at Cornell University found that a common species of jumping spider called Phidippus audax can actually hear from much farther away than ...

Spider milk may sound like a fictional substance, but scientists in China have found at least one species of creepy crawlers that produces a milk-like fluid to nourish its young.

With their big eyes, furry legs and exotic colors, jumping spiders are described as some of the most adorable arachnids — but members of its more than 5,000 species are amazing in other ways, too.