Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxiv
Outsourced hearing in an orb-weaving spider that uses its web as an auditory sensor
J. Zhou, J. Lai, G. Menda…·R. N. Miles
This paper demonstrates that the orb-weaving spider uses its web as an acoustic sensor to detect and localize airborne sounds, surpassing the efficiency of known eardrums.
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2122789119