When it comes to scary-looking spiders, you don't have to be an arachnophobe to find steering clear of the golden silk orb weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) to be a good idea. Sometimes called ...

filmed a spider silk harvesting session. Golden Orb Weaver spiders produce up to 80 meters of silk at a time. Produced by Kevin Reilly. Video courtesy of Oxford University. Follow TI: On Facebook ...

There are a few contenders for the strongest spider silk among which the golden silk orb-weaver gets the most attention, but the black widow’s webbing is nearly as strong, and [Justin] is happy ...

Whether you are a fan of spiders or terrified of them, you can’t help but admire their ability to make webs. These ...

Not only does spider silk combine the useful properties of high tensile strength and extensibility, it can be beautiful in its own right. 'Silk is an amazing material,' says Jan Beccaloni, our ...

An encounter with a golden orb weaver or a Banana Spider. Take a closer look. One of your silk strands extends from the thorax to the very heart of the web. This strand serves as her lifeline ...

The golden orb ... in the web, the spider will launch its attack. It injects its prey with venom that paralyzes it. Once paralyzed, the orb weaver will wrap its prey in silk and carry it to ...

Orb weaver spiders are easy to spot thanks to the easily recognizable orb weaver web: a classic, circular design made of sticky silk. Most orb weavers tend to have round, bulbous abdomens and ...

Little did they know they were in for what Shamble says was “a huge surprise”: the strength of this spiders’ silk parallels—and even surpasses—that of most orb weaver spiders, which produce the ...

This group includes golden orb weaver spiders. These species create elaborate ... During this process, they use strands of silk to catch an electrical current or the wind and drift to new locations.

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 ...