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Image Gallery: Spider webs and silk

Spiders use silk for many purposes, including web-building. View images of a variety of webs and other silk structures made by spiders.

Orb Web and Spider in Forest Orb Web and Spider in Forest
Massed Nephila plumipes webs Massed Nephila plumipes webs
An orb web An orb web
Hickmania troglodytes sheet web Hickmania troglodytes sheet web
Sheet Web of Black House Spider, Badumna insignis Sheet Web of Black House Spider, Badumna insignis
Spider Egg Sac Tama Spider Egg Sac Tama
Uloborid Stick Spider, Miagrammopes sp. - On web with egg sac Uloborid Stick Spider, Miagrammopes sp. - On web with egg sac
A Jumping Spider's silken retreat and egg sac A Jumping Spider's silken retreat and egg sac
Cribellate silk line, Ranguma sp Cribellate silk line, Ranguma sp
Web Builder Six spinnerets and a cribellum Web Builder Six spinnerets and a cribellum
Wool-like cribellate silk Wool-like cribellate silk

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