Spinneret
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A spinneret is a silk-spinning organ of a spider or the larva of an insect. Some adult insects also have spinnerets, such as those borne on the forelegs of Embioptera. Spinnerets are usually on the un
The spinnerets of an Australian garden orb weaver spider.
Black spinneret of Phidippus adumbratus visible below red abdomen
The compact spinnerets of Argiope bruennichi; placed ventrally below the posterior.
A barn spider encases her prey in silk emanating from her spinneret seen in the foreground.
Spider silk
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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, to entangle and restrain prey before biting, to
Spinneret
…A spinneret is a silk-spinning organ of a spider or the larva of an insect. Some adult insects also have spinnerets, such as those borne on the forelegs of Embioptera…
A female specimen of Argiope bruennichi wraps her prey in silk.
Indian Summer by Józef Chełmoński (1875, National Museum in Warsaw) depicts a peasant woman with a thread of gossamer in her hand.
A female Argiope picta immobilizing prey by wrapping a curtain of aciniform silk around the insect for later consumption
Spider cocoon