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Movie 2.

Web release in response to mosquito wingbeats. A motionless tethered mosquito is stimulated to start wingbeats. The start of the mosquito wingbeats is rapidly followed by the spider releasing the web. Video recorded at 1000 fps, played back at 30 fps. Overall brightness and contrast have been adjusted.

Directional web strikes are performed by ray spiders in response to airborne prey vibrations

Sarah I. Han, and Todd A. Blackledge

Journal of Experimental Biology 2024. 227:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.249237