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2 unusual facts about spider silk


Kimura-gumo

It fixes its eggs on the surface of its burrow with silk so that they are well protected.

Three Hundred Big Boys

Zapp Brannigan leads an attack on Tarantuon VI, claiming numerous silken artworks for Earth.


Genetically modified mammal

BioSteel is a trademark name for a high-strength based fiber material made of the recombinant spider silk-like protein extracted from the milk of transgenic goats, made by Nexia Biotechnologies.

Myrmarachne melanotarsa

However, they are unusual in that they exhibit some form of social behavior, forming clusters of silk nests on fig and other trees.


see also

Dipogon bifasciatus

The generic name, Dipogon, refers to the tufts of forward-pointing bristles on the maxilla of the female the purpose of which is to pack the nest entrance with old spider silk.