University of Melbourne: Tapping the Silk Secrets of Australia's Basket-Web Spider
October 20, 2020
October 20, 2020
MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 20 (TNSJou) -- The University of Melbourne issued the following news on Oct. 19:
An international collaboration has provided the first insights into a new type of silk produced by the very unusual Australian basket-web spider, which uses it to build a lobster pot web that protects its eggs and trap prey.
The basket-web spider weaves a silk that is uniquely rigid and so robust that the basket-web doesn't need help from surrounding vegetati . . .
An international collaboration has provided the first insights into a new type of silk produced by the very unusual Australian basket-web spider, which uses it to build a lobster pot web that protects its eggs and trap prey.
The basket-web spider weaves a silk that is uniquely rigid and so robust that the basket-web doesn't need help from surrounding vegetati . . .