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SPIDER WEB CONSTRUCTIONby Samuel Zschokke:
Shown above: Nephila sp.
Nephila is famous for the large ‘golden’ orb-webs it builds in tropical forests and savannas. Unlike most other orb-web spiders, it usually constructs more subsidiary than normal radii …
The animation shows the tracks of the spider - colored to emphasize the different phases of web construction:
red = final part of exploration phase
yellow = construction of radii
white = construction of auxiliary spiral
blue = construction of sticky spiral
pink = construction of stabilimentum (in some species)
[source: X ]Department of Environmental SciencesSection of Conservation BiologyUniversity of Basel](http://24.media.tumblr.com/b8562d3940e76e1692e0ffbd592ce4f2/tumblr_mn4ljb5k1R1rhb9f5o1_500.jpg)
![mucholderthen:
SPIDER WEB CONSTRUCTIONby Samuel Zschokke:
Shown above: Nephila sp.
Nephila is famous for the large ‘golden’ orb-webs it builds in tropical forests and savannas. Unlike most other orb-web spiders, it usually constructs more subsidiary than normal radii …
The animation shows the tracks of the spider - colored to emphasize the different phases of web construction:
red = final part of exploration phase
yellow = construction of radii
white = construction of auxiliary spiral
blue = construction of sticky spiral
pink = construction of stabilimentum (in some species)
[source: X ]Department of Environmental SciencesSection of Conservation BiologyUniversity of Basel](http://24.media.tumblr.com/aa8079d91308c10359ee32d432c502f7/tumblr_mn4ljb5k1R1rhb9f5o2_r1_500.gif)
SPIDER WEB CONSTRUCTION
by Samuel Zschokke:Shown above: Nephila sp.
Nephila is famous for the large ‘golden’ orb-webs it builds in tropical forests and savannas. Unlike most other orb-web spiders, it usually constructs more subsidiary than normal radii …
The animation shows the tracks of the spider - colored to emphasize the different phases of web construction:
- red = final part of exploration phase
- yellow = construction of radii
- white = construction of auxiliary spiral
- blue = construction of sticky spiral
- pink = construction of stabilimentum (in some species)
[source: X ]
Department of Environmental Sciences
Section of Conservation Biology
University of Basel
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Wings that cannot fly.
Done in watercolour.
Exoplanets orbiting stars near the Sun.
So overwhelming! Extra-solar planets are everywhere yet here we are still stuck with figuring ourselves out.
(Source: haydenplanetarium.org)
