{"id":18,"date":"2012-04-02T07:29:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T07:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kylewerder.com\/2012default02\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2012-04-02T07:29:33","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T07:29:33","slug":"silk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"About Silk"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Spiders and Silk<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Spider silk is stronger than steel and more flexible than Kevlar.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For those spiders that use a web to capture prey, there are many different styles of snares.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/webs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"webs\" src=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/webs1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"714\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spiders use silk in many other ways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Females wrap egg sacs.<\/li>\n<li>Males wrap nuptial gifts for mates with silk.<\/li>\n<li>Spiderlings disperse by letting out lines of silk and ballooning on air currents.<\/li>\n<li>Many spiders catch their prey in webs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Scientific Articles To Learn More About Silk<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Blackledge T.A., Kuntner M., Agnarsson I.\u00a0 2011. The form and function of spider orb webs: evolution from silk to ecosystems.\u00a0 Advances in Insect Physiology\u00a04: 175-262.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ezlab.zrc-sazu.si\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Blackledgeal2011_Review-OrbWebs.pdf\">http:\/\/ezlab.zrc-sazu.si\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Blackledgeal2011_Review-OrbWebs.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/search?author1=Dimitar+Dimitrov&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">Dimitar,<\/a> D.<a href=\"http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/early\/2011\/10\/25\/rspb.2011.2011.short?rss=1#aff-1\">,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/search?author1=Lara+Lopardo&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">Lopardo,<\/a> L.,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/early\/2011\/10\/25\/rspb.2011.2011.short?rss=1#aff-3\">Giribet<\/a>, G.<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"harvardicon\" src=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"8\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Arnedo, M.A., <a href=\"http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/search?author1=Fernando+%C3%81lvarez-Padilla&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">\u00c1lvarez-Padilla<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/early\/2011\/10\/25\/rspb.2011.2011.short?rss=1#aff-5\">,<\/a> F., <a href=\"http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/search?author1=Gustavo+Hormiga&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">Hormiga<\/a>, G.<strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"harvardicon\" src=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"8\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0 2011.\u00a0 Tangled in a sparse spider web: single origin of orb weavers and their spinning work unravelled by denser taxonomic sampling.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/early\/2011\/10\/25\/rspb.2011.2011.full.pdf+html\">http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/early\/2011\/10\/25\/rspb.2011.2011.full.pdf+html<\/a> (by subscription)<\/p>\n<p>Eisoldt, L., Smith, A., Scheibel, T.\u00a0 2011.\u00a0 Decoding the secrets of spider silk.\u00a0 Materials Today 14(3): 80\u201386.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/csmres.co.uk\/cs.public.upd\/article-downloads\/eisoldt_a16505.pdf\">http:\/\/csmres.co.uk\/cs.public.upd\/article-downloads\/eisoldt_a16505.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brunetta, L., Craig. C.<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"harvardicon\" src=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"8\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 2010.\u00a0 Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating.\u00a0(book)\u00a0 Yale University Press (ISBN 9780300149227 cloth).<\/p>\n<p>Blackledge T.A, Scharff N., Coddington J.<strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"harvardicon\" src=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"8\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong>, Sz\u00fcts T., Wenzel J.W., Hayashi C.Y., Agnarsson I.\u00a0 2009. Spider web evolution and diversification in the molecular era.\u00a0 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106: 5229-5234.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/106\/13\/5229.short\">http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/106\/13\/5229.short<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eberhard, W.G.<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"harvardicon\" src=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"8\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0 Agnarsson, I., Levi, H. W.<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"harvardicon\" src=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"8\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 2008. Web forms and the phylogeny of theridiid spiders (Araneae:Theridiidae): chaos from order. Systematics and Biodiversity, 6(4): 415\u2013475.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stri.si.edu\/sites\/publications\/PDFs\/21_2008_syst_Biodiv_proofs_sys285a.pdf\">http:\/\/www.stri.si.edu\/sites\/publications\/PDFs\/21_2008_syst_Biodiv_proofs_sys285a.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Craig, C.L.<strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"harvardicon\" src=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"8\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0 2003.\u00a0 Spiderwebs and Silk:\u00a0 Tracing Evolution from Molecules to Genes to Phenotypes. (book) Oxford University Press.\u00a0 (ISBN 0195129164 hbk)<\/p>\n<p>Craig, C.L<strong>.<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"harvardicon\" src=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"8\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong> 1997.\u00a0 Evolution of arthropod silks.\u00a0 Annual Review of Entomology. 42:\u00a0 231-267.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.annualreviews.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1146\/annurev.ento.42.1.231\">http:\/\/www.annualreviews.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1146\/annurev.ento.42.1.231<\/a> (by subscription)<\/p>\n<p>Shear, W.<strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"harvardicon\" src=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"8\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong> (ed.). 1986.\u00a0 Spiders: Webs, Behavior and Evolution.\u00a0 (book)\u00a0 Stanford University Press (ISBN-10:\u00a00804712034)<\/p>\n<p>Palmer, J.M.<strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"harvardicon\" src=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"8\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0 1985.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/jmor.1051860205\/abstract\">The silk and silk production system of the funnel-web mygalomorph spider\u00a0 <em>Euagrus <\/em>\u00a0(Araneae, Dipluridae)<\/a>.\u00a0 J. Morph 186(2):\u00a0 195-207.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/jmor.1051860205\/pdf\">http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/jmor.1051860205\/pdf<\/a>\u00a0 (by subscription)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"harvardicon\" src=\"http:\/\/hyptiotesveritas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harvardicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"8\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a>\u00a0symbol\u00a0indicates that an individual is a <a href=\"http:\/\/harvard.edu\">Harvard<\/a> affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Harvard logo\/shield is the sole property of The President and Fellows of Harvard College.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spiders and Silk Spider silk is stronger than steel and more flexible than Kevlar. For those spiders that use a web to capture prey, there are many different styles of snares. 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