Thursday, March 5, 2009

Spider's Webs Grouping

There is no coherent relationship between the classification of spiders and the web’s types, but there are few types of spider web found, and many spiders are classified by the webs they weave.

Several different types of silk can be used in web construction, including a "sticky" capture silk and "stuffed" capture silk, depending on the type of spider. Webs may be in a vertical plane (most orb webs), a horizontal plane (sheet webs), or at any angle between them. More commonly found on the sheet web spider families, some webs will have loose, irregular tangles of silk above them. These tangled obstacle courses serve to disorient and knock down flying insects, making them more vulnerable to getting caught in the web below. They can also help protect the spider from predators such as birds and wasps. Different types of spider webs are: Spiral orb webs, Tangle-nets or cobwebs, funnel-webs, Tubular webs, sheet webs, dome or tent webs. Now you know about spider webs, hope you don’t trapped on it.

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