The spiders have a silver-grey coloured abdomen with a brown oak leaf pattern on the back. The legs are dark brown with light brown bands. The markings are somewhat variable. Its webs seem at first ...

The theory is that flying insects do not notice the web, fly into it, and get stuck. Orb webs created by Araneidae, ...

Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. Not only does spider silk combine the useful properties of high tensile strength and extensibility, it can be beautiful in its own ...

Prey stick to orb-weaver spider webs because their waxy outer layers mesh with spider silk to form a matrix glue. A team of physics students in the U.K. have worked out that spider silk could be ...

Tangle web spiders, orb weavers, and tarantulas exhibit remarkable strategies, from strong webs to potent venom, to immobilize and consume their prey, showcasing nature's astonishing predator-prey ...

Only around 30 percent of male orb web spiders (Argiope bruennichi) survive their first act of mating because they are devoured by their mates. But new research published in Animal Behaviour suggests ...

How does a spider recycle its silk? To meet the high metabolic demands of daily silk production, at least some spiders have developed a way to reuse their silk. Certain orb web-weaving spiders recycle ...

the team has developed artificial fibers similar to threads from the golden silk orb weaver, a large spider with a spectacularly strong web. Despite developing this "recipe" for spider silk ...