They live in caves where no light has ever reached. And yet, these spiders have adapted in eerie, brilliant ways. From sensing prey through vibration to building webs using only touch, cave spiders represent some of the most extreme and fascinating adaptations on Earth.

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• Coddington, J.A., et al. (2020). Sensory Structures of Spiders: From Mechanoreception to Seismic Communication. Annual Review of Entomology.
• Harvard Biovisions Lab. (2023). Adaptations in cave arthropods.
• UC Riverside Spider Biology Group (2021). Troglofauna and dark habitat adaptation in arachnids.

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