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Please can someone explain how spiders actually make webs, especially large webs, it has always amazed me how they manage to get a web across such relatively large distances. Bluemoose 14:20, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to see some explanation about differences between webs spun by different spider species.
The belief that spiderweb is an effective treatment for cuts appears to be quite widespread (I have come across it in England and in Laos). Does anyone know anything about this? 202.62.101.70 06:55, 31 January 2006 (UTC) James Haughton, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Jan 31 2006[reply]
I'd like to propose this image for the spider web article.
I clearly remember reading the New Scientist article (force-feeding drugs to spiders...it's not the kind of article you forget in a hurry), so I checked the New Scientist website. Verification of the existence of the article can be found here.
Simon --192.93.164.20 07:03, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This specifically reminds me of a mockumentary on this topic over on YouTube called Spiders on Drugs, and I even had to read the citations in order to even consider it plausible rather than a vandalism inspired by this movie. --129.10.116.200 (talk) 22:57, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
--I'm not sure the need to add this animal-on-drugs reference into a description of spiders. Imagine the tone of wikipedia if every animal entry included a piece on how they act under different drugs. Look, rabbits hop around in circles if given LSD, dogs bark and foam at the mouth if given vodka, squirrels fall out of trees if given caffeine. The results aren't unexpected (general interference of nervous system) and so aren't particularly interesting, and really have nothing to do with an encyclopaedic description of any animals, including spiders. Tom. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.174.104.51 (talk) 02:49, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have a web pictured here that has an anchor point 12 feet away that is only 2.5 feet off the ground. Any ideas on how a spider can spin a web over that distance without the web being caught in grass or other plants?
Hello, KarlBunker. You reverted my last edit (my first edit!) saying that the wikilinks I added were trivial. According to the Manual of Style, it recommends that wikilinks be added where users' curiousity would naturally take them and that 10% is the upper limit of the number of words that should be wikilinked. As I read this article earlier, I was frustrated that I couldn't click on "surface tension" and "protein" and "prey" to satisfy my curiousity. There are 1166 words in the article, and only 31 wikilinks, for a rate of 2.6%. I don't think this is too many wikilinks, and I'd like you to consider re-reverting back.Cas510 05:17, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Mention why some spiders (here in Taiwan) decorate their webs with zigzags, etc. Lure a mate? Jidanni 14:00, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
i thought spmeone would post this
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/30/spider.web.ap/index.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.84.251.16 (talk) 01:21, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Have a look here: Web decorations
I just saw a giant spiderweb on the news, apparently thousands of spiders contributed to it's construction. Does anyone care to add this? 71.89.8.194 10:29, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There was one recently discovered in east Texas. I'm told that there was another one in Australia. Does anybody know about that one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp5iDp48czw ElMeroEse 21:35, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
See (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anelosimus). 86.134.117.67 (talk) 09:53, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(My Taiwan observations): Mention it's not your average spider web that can hold a mosquito... they break away easy as they are strong...
Mention what types of insects hardly ever get caught in webs, and others that almost always do, despite similar sizes. Jidanni (talk) 04:44, 28 November 2007 (UTC) THIS WEBSITE STINKS! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.72.193.71 (talk) 22:18, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Tony (talk) 04:22, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Reference #7 to the state park in Texas is a dead link. Here is a functioning one, but I am not sure how to insert it correctly: http://texasento.net/Social_Spider.htm --KDS4444 18:38, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Are cobwebs inside your home made by spiders? If so, what kind of spider makes them. How big are they?. I have never seen any spiders in or around any webs in my home. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.80.232.5 (talk) 02:12, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Does anyone else feel this article could benefit from a picture showing the spider web holding large weight, such as a large amount of rainwater? -- Jack•?! 05:28, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Skylab3 2.jpg has been lost in the merger from spider webs in space. Uncle G (talk) 20:17, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Re the introduction. I don't think a cobweb should be called a 'device'; that doesn't sound right at all. An 'artifact' maybe or 'construct', perhaps even 'trap'? 86.134.117.67 (talk) 09:47, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"The definition of 'spider web' is 'a thing you walk through that instantly turns you into a karate master'." This is silly. Would someone please delete this? Or at least please explain how this is anything but silly, or even vandalism? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.251.194.24 (talk) 21:19, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps "cobweb" is synonymous with "spider web", but I have always heard it used to refer to dusty irregular hanging webs that might be found in a cellar, I suspect mostly spun by cellar spiders (Pholcidae), as opposed to then neat clean geometric webs created by other spiders. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohanchous (talk • contribs) 15:08, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is just one brief discussion on why. There are many others.
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf45730514.tip.html
69.235.5.198 (talk) 06:21, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
--محمد الفلسطيني (talk) 07:02, 19 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The construction of elaborate spider webs to me is the prime example of genetic memory. Have I got this wrong? Is their innate knowledge of how to build them accounted for in another way? Has any work been done that links these concepts? I find it fascinating and have been sniffing around Wikipedia for more information about it but haven't found this instinctive ability of spiders discussed anywhere.--Gibson Flying V (talk) 02:38, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to contribute to the article with this infographic about common steps of orb-webs building. Since I'm a communication designer, I'm asking you to check the accuracy of the work and to give me a feedback. I would upload it on the article only after a technical approval. -- Dav92ide (talk) 22:32, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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I humbly suggest some additions to this section. In many settings (movies, illustration, holiday decoration, tattoos) spider webs convey an almost immediate sense of spookiness, elapsed time, and neglect. The Greek myth of Arachne might merit mention as well. I'mma hafta find some sources to cite for this.... PurpleChez (talk) 15:42, 13 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"...after a time the silk will lose its stickiness and thus become inefficient at capturing prey. It is common for spiders to eat their own web daily..."
It's not clear to me here if spiders spin their webs every day, or only when they lose their stickiness 'after a time'. I've been told that spiders make a new web every day - if anyone knows, maybe it could be added to the article. Nick Michael (talk) 14:17, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
An absolutely major topic missing from this article is the difference between cribellate and ecribellate spiders and their webs. Webs made by cribellate spiders don't use sticky glue as the adhesive, whereas the article implies that all web work this way. Peter coxhead (talk) 08:29, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It seems that sometimes a spider of one species will climb on a temporarily appropriate webbing, especially cobwebs, made by another, eating or dislodging the other unless it was empty. Are there studies on spiders using foreign webbing? Haven't seen anything specific but it must often be among spiders that prey on each other, even mutually depending on size and circumstance. It would be interesting to see if more neutral or commensal sharing occurs... Who is like God? (talk) 00:39, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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