Orb Weaving

One remarkable twist on this strategy is seen in a species of orb-weaving spiders. ❋ Unknown (2006)

What we have is a 110-million-year-old piece of amber that preserves a piece of an orb web and some captured prey, and a new comparative study of spider silk proteins that ties together the two orb-weaving lineages, the Araneoidea and the Deinopoidea, and dates their last common ancestor to 136 million years ago. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Two short articles in this week's Science link the orb-weaving spiders back to a common ancestor in the Early Cretaceous, with both physical and molecular evidence. ❋ Unknown (2006)

After nightfall, a Spotlight Tour with the outdoor adventure co-ordinator, Courtney Mason, also reveals sugar gliders, possums and orb-weaving spiders. ❋ Unknown (2011)

WASHINGTON - A new study has determined that orb-weaving spiders decorate their webs with colorful and shimmering decorations in order to lure their prey to death. ❋ Unknown (2010)

According to a report in the Natural History Magazine, the research was carried out by Laura K. WASHINGTON - A new study has determined that orb-weaving spiders decorate their webs with colorful and shimmering decorations in order to lure their prey to death. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The color is a radiant gold - the natural color of the golden orb-weaving spider, from the ❋ Unknown (2009)

New Scientist and the article in the Journal Science report that: the team fired beams of ionised metal compounds at lengths of silk from the orb-weaving spider Araneus diatematus using a technology called atomic layer deposition (ALD). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some orb-weaving spiders have been brought on-board the International Space station. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The scientists fired beams of ionised metal compounds at lengths of silk from the orb-weaving spider Araneus diatematus using a technology called atomic layer deposition (ALD). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The butterflies are part of a scientific experiment that will examine the complete life cycle of the butterfly and the ability of an orb-weaving spider to spin a web, eat and remain healthy in space, according to NASA.

The orb-weaving spiders were delivered by the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour, which lifted off from Florida last Friday on a 15-day mission. ❋ Unknown (2008)