The purpose of stabilimenta within the web is unclear. They could help collect water, regulate a spider’s body temperature, ...
Embellishments called stabilimenta helped propagate waves along simulated spider webs when prey landed on them, shedding new ...
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What Are Those Zigzags You See In Spiders’ Webs? Study Finds They Could Be A Kind Of Alarm System
Ever walked past a spider’s web and noticed it’s got zigzags woven through it? Congratulations! You have observed stabilimenta, a kind of “extra touch” that spiders weave into their webs that's made ...
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Spiders weave secret alarm system through web zigzags for prey detection, study finds
F or decades, arachnologists debated the actual purpose of stabilimenta, a special thread spiders weave into their webs. Now, ...
The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited ...
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