Mohammad Talukder at the University of Greifswald in Germany and his colleagues used electron microscopes and other tools to analyse the appendages of wasp spiders (Argiope bruennichi).

Amblypygi: An order of arachnids commonly known as whip spiders, characterized by their flattened bodies and long, spiny pedipalps. Pedipalps: Appendages located near the mouth of arachnids ...

In this crab’s case, those appendages are its 10 legs. Japanese spider crabs live on the Pacific side of Japan as far south as Taiwan and at chilly depths ranging from 164 feet to as low as ...

It was only when they were observed expertly using these spider-like appendages to lure birds within their grasp that they were recognised as a species in their own right. Local bird species ...