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The WebsSpider web Spider web Structure created by a spider from silk This article is about structures created from spider silk. For other uses, see Spider Web (disambiguation). "Cobweb" redirects here. For other uses, see Cobweb (disambiguation). A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, cobweb or even just web (from the Middle English coppeweb)[1] is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey. A classic circular web built by an orb-weaver spider Infographic illustrating the process of constructing an orb web Spider webs have existed for at least 100 million years, as witnessed in a rare find of Early Cretaceous amber from Sussex, in southern England.[2] Many spiders build… (Source: Wikipedia)
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