A young woman is making usable thread out of spider silk. The woman, who goes by the handle Persona, posted a detailed account of her web-to-spool process on the how-to site Instructables . I was ...

You, unfortunately, can’t use these web shooters to swing from building to building; instead of an ultra strong and sticky silk-like substance, they launch a short length of lightweight thread ...

While the spider may not leave its whole web up overnight, if the bridge thread has survived the day (i.e. by not being pulled down by a passing person), the spider will often leave just a bridge ...

The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest ...

Sometimes spiders eat their own webs when they are done with them, as a way to replenish the silk supply. Spider silk is made of connected protein chains that help make it strong, along with ...

This spider web was made with four pieces of approximately 5-foot scrap wood, but you could purchase 1 ½-inch trim wood and cut to your desired length. Mark the center point of each length of wood.

News; Spider's web is one of nature's wonders, from deadly trap to violin strings, surgeon's thread. Published: ; Nov. 14, 2015, 12:05 p.m.

If you don’t have embroidery thread, create spiders from cut paper, pipe cleaners or other craft supplies you have on hand. NOTE: The spiders and webs need to dry for a full 24 hours.

Although webs are the most well-known use for spider silk, not all spiders make webs to catch their prey. In fact, less than half of the 37 spider families in Britain do. Other spiders, such as crab ...