Spider Web Architecture and Efficiency

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The Art of Spidertecture

Estimated that spiders have been around for at least 140 million years, this means creatures have been prisoners in their webs for that long too.

Not all spiders spin webs, but those that do, have a flare for architecture (spidertecture). Through instinct, they know how to build their silken webs. This wonderfully efficient creation of art will be the spider's pantry for its prey. The strands of silk have a stickiness that will catch any insect that happens to get in its way. This saves the spider time and energy for having to chase down dinner.

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Spiders and Webs

DSCI0037 by Günther L. König
DSCI0039 by Günther L. König
DSCI0038 by Günther L. König
Nasty looking spider by thievingjoker
Unid. spider's 'nest' by davidshort
Rabbit hutch spider (FG) by davidshort
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Spider Books for Young to Adult

Fun Learning About Spiders and Webs

The Very Busy Spider: A Lift-the-Flap Book (The World of Eric Carle)The Magic School Bus Spins A Web: A Book About Spiders
Spiders and Their Webs (Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12)Spiders in Ecological Webs (Cambridge Studies in Ecology)

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The Non-Biting Kind

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Argiope Spider and Web (Taken by Muhammad Mahdi Karim on Wikipedia ) 

Web From the Stabilimenta Spider (Taken by Akio Tanikawa on Wikipedia) 

Black Widow's Web

Have You Seen One?

The architecture of the black widow's web is usually a funnel type of web. The architecture of the black widow web is carefully composed of three structural levels: the uppermost portion is made of supporting threads, the central zone is made of tangle threads and the lower zone consists of vertical trap threads.

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