orb web in English

noun
1
a generally circular, upright spider's web formed of threads radiating from a central point, crossed by radial links that spiral in from the edge.
Typically, the male walked up the side of the frame, eventually encountering one of the support threads of the orb web .

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1. There's the aggregate and flagelliform silk glands which combine to make the sticky capture spiral of an orb web.

2. This is the silk that's used to make the frame and radii of an orb web, and also the safety trailing dragline.

3. The spider builds a spiral orb web at dawn or dusk, commonly in long grass a little above ground level, taking it approximately an hour.

4. Golden orb web spiders (Nephila antipodiana) are a common species found all over the world, particularly in tropical areas including in Southeast Asia and Australia.

5. The 21 species are indicated here by this phylogeny, this evolutionary tree, that shows their genetic relationships, and I've colored in yellow the orb-web-weaving spiders.

6. "Dragline" silk is used to create the supporting strands that anchor the endpoints of an orb web to tree branches overhanging rivers or lakes and forms the radial threads in the web.