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Meet the ladybird spider, a red-colored oddball with features never seen before

There are some seriously beautiful spiders in the world, but the species we currently have a crush on is Eresus rubrocephalus ...
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Mini Donut Spiders

If you’re looking for a spooky snack that’s just the right mix of fun and creepy-cute, these mini donut spiders are perfect for Halloween parties. Made with chocolate donuts, pretzel legs, and candy ...
Earth.com

Brilliant red spider found in Morocco is a species new to science

Crimson red ladybug spider with surprising scientific characteristics has been discovered in Morocco and named Eresus ...
Yahoo

World's First CRISPR-Edited Spiders Shoot Fluoro Red Silk From Their Butts

Beginning a chain of events that will presumably lead to the origin of our universe's Spider-Man, researchers in Germany have created the world's first spiders to be genetically modified using CRISPR ...
New Atlas

World’s first gene-edited spider produces red fluorescent silk

For years, the CRISPR-Cas9 genome technology has been reshaping genetic engineering, a precision tool to transform everything from agriculture to medicine. With its incredible efficiency, this ...
BGR

First Ever Gene-Edited Spider Spins Webs Of Glowing Red Silk

Scientists have officially brought genetic engineering to the spider's web. For the first time, researchers have created a gene-edited spider that spins red fluorescent silk. Led by a team at the ...
Gizmodo

Biologists Engineer Spiders to Spin Glowing Red Silk

Researchers have, for the first time ever, used CRISPR gene editing on spiders. While the genetically-modified critters lack the ability to give you spidey senses, they do spin glowing silk. In a ...