Be careful what you say around jumping spiders

Arachnids hear airborne sounds over greater distances than thought

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LISTENING IN  A tiny jumping spider (Phidippus audax) may hear airborne sounds from several meters away, new experiments show.

G. Menda, Hoy Lab at Cornell

Accidental chair squeaks in a lab have tipped off researchers to a new world of eavesdroppers.

Spiders don’t have eardrums, though their exquisitely sensitive leg hairs pick up vibrations humming through solids like web silk and leaves.