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Cobweb Spider with Digger Bee Prey
| These spiders spin an irregular web that can be described as an intersecting
mass of scaffold work with a central area consisting of a three-dimensional
trellis of silk. The common name "comb-footed spider" results from the
"comb" on their last pair of legs. The comb is a series of serrated spines
which they use to comb out the silk from the spinnerets. This combed silk is
not sticky but insects get entangled in it. The black widow spider is a
member of this family. |
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