Flies and mosquitoes beware, here comes the slingshot spider - Phys.org

Running into an unseen spiderweb in the woods can be scary enough, but what if you had to worry about a spiderweb—and the spider—being catapulted at you? That's what happens to insects in the Amazon rain forests of Peru, where a tiny slingshot spider launches… https://phys.org/news/2020-08-flies-mosquitoes-beware-slingshot-spider.html