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Beautifully weird and astonishingly intricate. And the banana spiders of South Carolina are no exception. An encounter with a golden orb weaver or a Banana Spider. Take a closer look. One of your ...

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By extruding engineered spider silk proteins and then stretching them by hand, the team has developed artificial fibers ...

These graceful spiders build classic, geometric webs between tree branches or structures. "If you see a large web glowing in the moonlight it is commonly the web of an orb weaver," says Ali.

Well, at least you probably won’t die! Be careful while walking on Lamma and Lantau at night, since the islands host the golden orb-weaver spider. It can spin webs that span more than a metre.

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