Oxford researchers have recently unveiled the secret technique of a spider that weaves its web at a nano-scale, rather than producing micrometer-thick silken strands as most spiders do. The feather-legged lace weaver, or the ‘garden center spider’ has also a very unique weaving technique that makes its web sticky. Most spiders use tiny blobs of organic glue to make their web’s fibers sticky … [Read more...]
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