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Spider webs feature advanced structural performance due to the evolutionary success of over more than 3× 109 years, including lightweight design and exceptional mechanical properties. Spider webs are appealing for bio-inspired design since web designs serve multiple functions including mechanical protection and prey catching. However, high computational cost and limited quantified web properties render extensive spider web studies challenging in part due to the high structural complexity and randomness of fiber arrangements in 3D webs. Here, we report a computational method to relate spider web graph microstructures to effective mechanical properties, focusing on strength and toughness, and upscaling from the microscopic to the mesoscale level. The new computational framework uses deep neural networks, trained on graph-structured Cyrtophora citricola spider web mechanical data, in order to …