Orb-weaving spiders have two main methods of prey capture: cribellate spiders use dry,
sticky capture threads, and ecribellate spiders use viscid glue droplets. Predation behaviour …

An individual orb weaving spider can spin up to seven different types of silk, each with
unique functions and material properties. The capture spiral silk of classic two-dimensional …

Morphological structures and extended phenotypes are made possible by materials that are
encoded by the genome. Nearly all biomaterials are viscoelastic, which means that to …

Spider aggregate glue can absorb moisture from the atmosphere to reduce its viscosity and
become tacky. The viscosity at which glue adhesion is maximized is remarkably similar …

Traps are rarely used by animals, despite the plausible benefits of broadening the number
and diversity of prey that sit-and-wait foragers might be able to capture. The most well …

Contaminants decrease adhesive strength by interfering with substrate contact. Spider webs
adhering to moths present an ideal model to investigate how natural adhesives overcome …

Simple Summary The bolas spider Mastophora hutchinsoni creates a small glue droplet
attached to a web, called a bolas, which it flicks at a moth flying nearby. When it makes …

Simple Summary Spiders are an order of organisms with highly diverse predatory
techniques. All species produce silk and utilize varying degrees of adhesion to ensnare and …

Orb-weaver spiders produce upwards of seven different types of silk, each with unique
material properties. We focus on the adhesive within orb-weaving spider webs, aggregate …

Many species of spider use a modified silk adhesive, called aggregate glue, to aid in prey
capture. Aggregate spidroins (spider fibroins) are modified members of the spider silk family; …