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  2. 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.

  3. Spider silk - Wikipedia

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    In some cases, spiders may use silk as a food source. [1] While methods have been developed to collect silk from a spider by force, [2] gathering silk from many spiders is more difficult than from silk-spinning organisms such as silkworms. All spiders produce silk, although some spiders do not make webs. Silk is tied to courtship and mating.

  4. Spider behavior - Wikipedia

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    Many spiders, but not all, build webs. Other spiders use a wide variety of methods to capture prey. Web: There are several recognised types of spider web. Spiral orb webs, associated primarily with the family Araneidae; Tangle webs or cobwebs, associated with the family Theridiidae; Funnel webs,

  5. Australian Geographic Shares the Fascinating Importance of ...

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    Australian Geographic shared a cool video on Friday, March 1st that explains why spiderwebs play an important part in understanding the ecosystem that lives around the webs, and it was fascinating ...

  6. 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 ...

  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. Why wolf spiders are one of Halloween's most misunderstood ...

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    Spiders and spiderwebs are also very common this time of year since the baby spiders have grown up and are more visible, and many spiders are out and about more, moving around to look for mates.

  9. Giant, flying Joro spiders make creepy arrival in ... - AOL

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    Joro spiders can create large webs that can be up to 10 feet wide. A Nephila clavata, a type of orb weaver spider native to Japan where it is called joro-gumo or joro spider, waits in its web for ...