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The 7 Types of Spider Webs and the Incredible Spiders That Make Them
They are common in North America, Europe, and parts of Russia and are often found where aphids and other small insects gather to feed. The sheet type of spider web works in two ways. Sometimes the ...
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Getting Annoyed at Your Noisy Neighbor? Spiders Are, Too. New Research Finds They’ll Build Webs Differently in Loud Conditions
In lab experiments, spiders changed how they constructed their webs in noisy environments, and rural and urban spiders ...
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Missing sector orb web spider
A small spider with pale body and legs and silver-grey markings on the abdomen. It is usually found around the outside of houses and gardens, and is particularly common around windows. Because of ...
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An old NASA study gave spiders drugs to see how it affected their webs
An article in a 1995 issue of NASA Tech Briefs discussed work done by researchers at Marshall Space Flight Center to see how various substances — including caffeine — affect spider web patterns.