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The 41 pages that link to Spider silk, each with the reason it gives.

• ArachnidBroader topic: Silk lets spiders capture prey, disperse, and protect their eggs.

• SilkCompared with: It offers a different combination of toughness and elasticity, but is difficult to farm at scale.

• SpiderRelated: Its different forms let spiders build traps, wrap prey, and travel safely.

• CheliceraRelated: Chelicerae manipulate silk during prey wrapping and feeding.

• Spider venomCompared with: Silk is a spider secretion used for structure and capture, not injected through a bite.

• Spider webNarrower topic: Webs are assembled from different silks whose distinct strengths and stickiness suit different threads.

• SetaRelated: Sensory setae let spiders detect vibrations transmitted through silk.

• SpinneretRelated: Spinnerets extrude and position this fiber.

• OpisthosomaBroader topic: Spider silk glands and spinnerets occupy the opisthosoma.

• Spider predationRelated: Silk can trap prey, anchor attacks, and bind captured animals.

• Spider anatomyRelated: Silk production links abdominal glands to the spinnerets and their varied uses.

• ProsomaCompared with: Silk-producing spinnerets are on the opisthosoma, not the prosoma.

• TarantulaRelated: Tarantulas use silk to line retreats, wrap egg sacs, and lay signals around burrows.

• AraneidaeRelated: Araneids use specialized silks to make frame lines, spokes, and sticky capture spirals.

• AraneomorphaeRelated: Silk-producing systems support the diverse prey-capture strategies found across the infraorder.

• Wolf spiderRelated: Females use silk to make the egg sac they carry attached to the spinnerets.

• Brown recluse spiderRelated: Brown recluses use silk to make retreats rather than capture prey in a web.

• Jumping spiderRelated: A silk dragline anchors many jumps and limits the cost of a missed landing.

• LatrodectusRelated: Latrodectus uses silk to build webs and protective egg sacs.

• Orb-weaver spiderRelated: Orb-weavers use different silk types for structural threads and sticky capture spirals.

• TheridiidaeRelated: Silk supplies the structural and sticky threads that make theridiid webs effective.

• Evolution of spidersRelated: Its diverse roles have shaped spider behavior and ecological opportunities.

• LinyphiidaeRelated: Linyphiids use silk to build capture sheets and supporting threads.

• MesothelaeRelated: Mesotheles use silk to line burrows and construct trapdoors.

• Redback spiderRelated: Redbacks use silk to build irregular webs that entangle prey.

• AgelenidaeNarrower topic: Silk forms the sheet and retreat that define the family’s characteristic web.

• Bagheera kiplingiRelated: Silk draglines help the spider move among foliage while avoiding ants.

• Diving bell spiderRelated: Silk forms the underwater chamber and helps it retain its air.

• Goliath birdeaterRelated: It uses silk to line its burrow and construct a protective egg sac.

• Huntsman spiderRelated: Huntsman spiders use silk for safety lines and reproduction, despite not trapping prey in webs.

• PholcidaeRelated: Pholcids use silk to build irregular webs and secure egg clusters.

• Pholcus phalangioidesNarrower topic: Its silk forms the loose webs where this spider captures prey.

• PhoneutriaCompared with: Unlike many web-building spiders, Phoneutria actively hunts instead of capturing prey in a web.

• Aphonopelma chalcodesRelated: Silk reinforces the burrow entrance and transmits vibrations from nearby prey.

• Australian funnel-web spiderNarrower topic: Silk lines the burrows and retreats that give funnel-web spiders their name.

• Brachypelma hamoriiRelated: B. hamorii uses silk in its burrow and to line surfaces.

• DolomedesRelated: Draglines can anchor a spider as it ventures across the water surface.

• Poecilotheria metallicaRelated: It lines retreats in tree cavities and helps secure the spider's shelter.

• Portia labiataRelated: Webs built from silk become both hunting grounds and sources of vibratory information.

• Tegenaria domesticaBroader topic: Silk forms the sheet and retreat of its web.

• ThomisidaeRelated: Crab spiders use silk for draglines and egg sacs, rather than relying on capture webs.