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  2. The 7 Types of Spider Webs and the Incredible Spiders That ...

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    Spiders produce silk using special organs called spinnerets, located typically on the underside of their abdomen. They look a bit like an icing nozzle The 7 Types of Spider Webs and the Incredible ...

  3. Spider web - Wikipedia

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    A classic circular form spider's web Infographic illustrating the process of constructing an orb web. 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.

  4. Theridiidae - Wikipedia

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    Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. [1] This diverse, globally distributed family includes over 3,000 species in 124 genera , [ 2 ] and is the most common arthropod found in human dwellings throughout ...

  5. Structures built by animals - Wikipedia

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    A so-called "cathedral" mound produced by a termite colony. Structures built by non-human animals, often called animal architecture, [1] are common in many species. Examples of animal structures include termite mounds, ant hills, wasp and beehives, burrow complexes, beaver dams, elaborate nests of birds, and webs of spiders.

  6. 32 tips for taking care of wild birds - AOL

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    Bees, ladybirds, spiders, butterflies, and all sorts of other bugs use the shelter that a bug hotel offers to lay their eggs and raise their young, so if you’re looking for a way to take care of ...

  7. Ballooning (spider) - Wikipedia

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    These spiders use tens to hundreds of silk strands, which form a triangular sheet with a length and width of about 1 meter (39 in). [8] Pardosa spp. attempting to balloon. In Australia, in 2012 and in May 2015, millions of spiders were reported to have ballooned into the air, making the ground where they landed seem snow-covered with their silk ...

  8. Do sleeping humans really swallow 8 spiders a year? - AOL

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    But the book has no section on spiders, and the claim about eating spiders isn't there. And when someone asked asked the Library of Congress to verify if PC Professional existed, it couldn't.

  9. Spider silk - Wikipedia

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    Silk is a component of the lids of spiders that use "trapdoors", such as members of the family Ctenizidae, and the "water" or "diving bell" spider Argyroneta aquatica forms a silk diving bell. [35] Guide lines Some spiders that venture from shelter leave a silk trail by which to find their way home again. [38] Drop lines and anchor lines