Spider silk is a protein fibre or silk spun by spiders. Spiders use silk to make webs or other structures that function as adhesive traps to catch prey...
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Yesterwynde (redirect from Spider Silk)
"The Children of 'Ata" 5:37 8. "Something Whispered Follow Me" 6:39 9. "Spider Silk" 6:26 10. "Hiraeth" 6:14 11. "The Weave" 4:53 12. "Lanternlight" 6:06...
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Amazing Spider-Man #1 (April 2014). Silk is the alias of Cindy Moon, a Korean-American student who was bitten by the same radioactive spider that gave...
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that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms. Spiders are found worldwide...
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Nephila (redirect from Golden silk spider)
Trichonephila. They are commonly called golden silk orb-weavers, golden orb-weavers, giant wood spiders, or banana spiders. The genus name Nephila is derived from...
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by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey. Spider webs have existed for at least 100...
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Latrodectus (redirect from Black Widow Spider)
the insect can extricate itself, the spider rushes over to envenomate and wrap it in silk. To feed, the spider's mouth pulses digestive juices over the...
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midges. Other types of arthropods produce silk, most notably various arachnids, such as spiders. The word silk comes from Old English: sioloc, from Latin:...
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nonsticky silk is built up before the spider adds a final spiral of silk covered in sticky droplets. Orb webs are also produced by members of other spider families...
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observed doing so as well. The spider climbs to a high point and takes a stance with its abdomen to the sky, releasing fine silk threads from its spinneret...
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Pholcus phalangioides (redirect from Dandy long-legs spider)
such as redback spiders. Pholcus phalangioides is known to be harmless to humans and a potential for the medicinal use of their silk has been reported...
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Ezekiel Sims (redirect from Ezekiel (Spider-Man))
stories featuring Spider-Man and Silk; versions of the character from alternate timelines are also featured in the 2014 crossover event Spider-Verse. Characters...
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periodically shed. Spiders also have several adaptations that distinguish them from other arachnids. All spiders are capable of producing silk of various types...
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Araneus ventricosus (category Spider stubs)
flagelliform silk, also known as dragline silk, which has been found to be the most elastic of all spider silk types. However, this highly valuable silk type...
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BioSteel (fiber) (redirect from Goat silk)
name for a high-strength fiber-based material made of the recombinant spider silk-like protein extracted from the milk of transgenic goats, made by defunct...
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that contain silk glands. The mussel Pinna nobilis creates silk to bond itself to rocks. It is used to make sea silk. Spiders make spider silk for various...
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Pisaurina mira (redirect from American nursery web spider)
that is secured both by a thread of silk linking it to the spider's spinnerets and by being held by the spider's chelicerae. When the eggs are nearly...
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Ben. Spider-UK and Old Man Spider arrive via portal and take her and Benjy away. On Earth-616, Spider-Man and Silk meet with Spider-Woman, Spider-Girl...
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Dermal patch (section Spider silk)
published describing the first synthetic spider silk that is functionally identical to naturally spun spider silk. Using non-natural methionine analog L-azidohomoalanine...
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modified silkworms to create body armor. Dragon silk combines the elasticity and strength of spider silk. It has the tensile strength as high as 1.79 gigapascals...
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trapdoor spiders, Number 16 spent her entire life in the same burrow, subsisting off the edible insects that walked on her burrow's trapdoor-like silk roof...
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up to 25 metres (82 ft). The spider was discovered in Madagascar in the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in 2009. Its silk is the toughest biological material...
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Trichonephila clavipes (category Spiders of North America)
the golden silk orb-weaver, golden silk spider, or colloquially banana spider (a name shared with several others), is an orb-weaving spider species which...
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with a holarctic distribution. These spiders construct a dome of fine spider silk and hang upside-down under it, waiting for their prey. It is a preferential...
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Theridiidae (redirect from Comb footed spider)
clinical manifestation, but widow spiders are also used in research on spider silk and sexual biology, including sexual cannibalism. Anelosimus are also...
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Spider silk proteins have been successfully produced in transgenic goats' milk, tobacco leaves, silkworms, and bacteria, and recombinant spider silk is...
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1–10 μm – length of a typical bacterium 3–8 μm – width of strand of spider web silk 5 μm – length of a typical human spermatozoon's head 10 μm – size of...
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(solid). ^c The strength of spider silk is highly variable. It depends on many factors including kind of silk (Every spider can produce several for sundry...
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Mattie Franklin (redirect from Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin))
Amazing Spider-Man #611 The Amazing Spider-Man #634. Marvel Comics. Clone Conspiracy #2. Marvel Comics. Silk vol. 2 #14. Marvel Comics. Silk vol. 2 #15...
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researchers in the field. Major developments in spider evolution include the development of spinnerets and silk secretion. Among the oldest known land arthropods...
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