Researchers don’t know enough about spider silk structure and composition to understand why it ... which makes up the radial threads of the web. Using mass spectrometry, the team identified 18 ...

This type of web is perfect for catching flying insects, as its structure ensures that prey gets stuck no matter where it lands, like a silk net. Other types of spider webs include funnel webs ...

But it turns out if Peter's web is anything like real spider ... He says that the secret to spider silk's strength is its structure. Real spider silk has two major components: Extremely rigid ...

Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein ... Before it is extruded out of the spinneret, cribellate silk first passes through a sieve-like structure called the cribellum.

Study led by Oxford University found that spider silk transmits vibrations across ... mates and the structure of a web to a spider Experts fired bullets and lasers at webs to study their ...

However, the Uloboridae spiders make their webs out of a wooly silk (called cribellate) which has velcro-like strands in which the insect’s legs and bristles get stuck. Orb-weaving spiders take ...

He aims to modify a strain of yeast to produce spider silk. Charlotte’s Web didn’t go into great detail about the different types of silk that a spider can produce, but the video and screencap ...

Jumping spiders don’t build webs, but like their arachnid kin, they can produce silk. Some species are known to spin fine threads as they leap, presumably to stabilize takeoff and ensure a more ...

The result is an astonishingly "Spider Man"-like silk that can be shot not unlike the superhero's wrist-mounted web shooters, as detailed in a paper published in the journal Advanced Functional ...

While spider silk proteins are something you can make in your garage, making useful drag line fibers has proved a daunting challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Japan and Hong Kong are closer ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.