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  2. Spider web - Wikipedia

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    A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb (from the archaic word coppe, meaning 'spider') [1] is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey. Spider webs have existed for at least 100 million years, as witnessed in a rare find of Early Cretaceous amber ...

  3. Hyptiotes cavatus - Wikipedia

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    Hyptiotes cavatus, the triangle weaver, is a species of cribellate orb weaver in the family of spiders known as Uloboridae. [1][2][3] It is found in the eastern United States and Canada. [1][2] This spider makes use of its triangle-shaped web in a unique fashion compared to most orb-weaving spiders. [4] Using its body as a bridge between an ...

  4. Cultural depictions of spiders - Wikipedia

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    Cultural depictions of spiders. Pre-Columbian spider image from a conch shell gorget at the Great Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Throughout history, spiders have been depicted in popular culture, mythology and in symbolism. From Greek mythology to African folklore, the spider has been used to represent a variety of things, and endures into the ...

  5. Orb-weaver spider - Wikipedia

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    Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", [1] hence the English name of the group. Araneids have eight similar eyes, hairy or spiny legs, and no stridulating organs.

  6. Pisaurina mira - Wikipedia

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    Pisaurina mira, also known as the American nursery web spider, due to the web it raises young in, is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae. They are often mistaken for wolf spiders (Lycosidae) due to their physical resemblance. P. mira is distinguished by its unique eye arrangement of two rows. P. mira is known for its wide distribution ...

  7. Cobweb painting - Wikipedia

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    Cobweb painting. Cobweb painting, sometimes known as gossamer painting, is the delicate process of painting on canvases made from caterpillar and spider webs that have been collected, layered, cleaned, and framed. Fewer than 100 cobweb paintings are known to exist, many of which are housed in private collections. [1]

  8. Amaurobius ferox - Wikipedia

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    Amaurobius corsicus. Amaurobius peninsulanus. Amaurobius ferox, sometimes known as the black lace-weaver, is a common nocturnal spider belonging to the family Amaurobiidae and genus Amaurobius. Its genus includes three subsocial species, A. fenestralis, A. similis and A. ferox, all three of which have highly developed subsocial organizations.

  9. Agelenopsis - Wikipedia

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    Agelenopsis. Agelenopsis, commonly known as the American grass spiders, is a genus of funnel weavers described by C.G. Giebel in 1869. [1] They weave sheet webs that have a funnel shelter on one edge. The web is not sticky, but these spiders make up for that by running very rapidly. The larger specimens (depending on species) can grow to about ...

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