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The golden orb-weavers web could be used to make bulletproof clothing

If you’ve ever walked into a golden orb-weaving spider’s web, you’ll be familiar with its strength.

Spiders adapt the structure and stickiness of their webs to the types of food sources around, new research shows

Orb weaving spiders take over a garden in Dural, NSW, spinning intricate webs of silk into delicate wheel-shaped artworks

Flies get stuck fast, so there must be a reason why spiders are able to escape the sticky clutches of their webs.

Proceed with caution with this Australian spider.