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By Stephen Beech

Spider web “decorations” may help arachnids to pinpoint the location of their captured prey, suggests a study.

Spider web “decorations” may help arachnids pinpoint captured prey

Argiope bruennichi spider and it's web. (Pierluigi Rizzo via SWNS)

Spider web “decorations” may help arachnids pinpoint captured prey

The stabilimentum in Argiope bruennichi. a) The production of aciniform silk by A. bruennichi when wrapping a prey. b) A juvenile A. bruennichi in the centre of its web with the stabilimentum (courtesy of Letizia Alleruzzo, Aracnofilia – Italian Association of Arachnology). c– h) The different types of stabilimentum observed in the webs: normal (N), juvenile (J), reduced (R), platform (P), drafted (D), and absent (A, i.e., without stabilimentum). (Greco et al via SWNS)

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