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Spider silk is one of the strongest natural fibers in existence (to our knowledge, and mine). Many of today’s modern fibers and fabrics, like Kevlar are seeking to replicate and hybridize this amazing strength of the everyday spiders’ webs. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj Ruppert, Fox & Barnes 2004, pp.571–84 Grant, Kieran. "Interviews Andy Parle - February 1997 - Toronto Sun". Space the Band . Retrieved 21 November 2016. Spiders have been the focus of stories and mythologies of various cultures for centuries. [132] Uttu, the ancient Sumerian goddess of weaving, was envisioned as a spider spinning her web. [133] [134] According to her main myth, she resisted her father Enki's sexual advances by ensconcing herself in her web, [134] but let him in after he promised her fresh produce as a marriage gift, [134] thereby allowing him to intoxicate her with beer and rape her. [134] Enki's wife Ninhursag heard Uttu's screams and rescued her, [134] removing Enki's semen from her vagina and planting it in the ground to produce eight previously-nonexistent plants. [134]

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a b c d e f g h Oxford, G.S.; Gillespie, R.G. (1998). "Evolution and Ecology of Spider Coloration". Annual Review of Entomology. 43: 619–43. doi: 10.1146/annurev.ento.43.1.619. PMID 15012400. S2CID 6963733. Vollrath, F. & Knight, D.P. (2001). "Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk". Nature. 410 (6828): 541–48. Bibcode: 2001Natur.410..541V. doi: 10.1038/35069000. PMID 11279484. S2CID 205015549. Some spiders use their webs for hearing, where the giant webs function as extended and reconfigurable auditory sensors. [32] Locomotion Image of a spider leg: 1–coxa; 2–trochanter; 3–femur; 4–patella; 5–tibia; 6–metatarsus; 7–tarsus; 8–claws Fischer, Andreas; Lee, Yerin; Dong, T'ea; Gries, Gerhard (2021). "Know your foe: synanthropic spiders are deterred by semiochemicals of European fire ants". Royal Society Open Science. 8 (5): 210279. Bibcode: 2021RSOS....810279F. doi: 10.1098/rsos.210279. PMC 8131949. PMID 34017604.

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Analysis of the pictures also showed that the spiders rested in arbitrary orientations in their webs when the lights were turned off, but oriented themselves away—i.e. downwards—when the lights were on. It seems spiders use light as an additional orientation aid when gravity is absent. Since spiders also build their webs in the dark and can catch prey without light, it had previously been assumed that light plays no role in their orientation.

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The basic arthropod central nervous system consists of a pair of nerve cords running below the gut, with paired ganglia as local control centers in all segments; a brain formed by fusion of the ganglia for the head segments ahead of and behind the mouth, so that the esophagus is encircled by this conglomeration of ganglia. [21] Except for the primitive Mesothelae, of which the Liphistiidae are the sole surviving family, spiders have the much more centralized nervous system that is typical of arachnids: all the ganglia of all segments behind the esophagus are fused, so that the cephalothorax is largely filled with nervous tissue and there are no ganglia in the abdomen; [13] [14] [21] in the Mesothelae, the ganglia of the abdomen and the rear part of the cephalothorax remain unfused. [17] There are over 650 species of spider within the UK, and although many may find spiders unappealing or even frightening, they are fascinating in their own right. While many spiders are present throughout the year, autumn is the best time to see them outdoors. Ono, H. (2002). "New and Remarkable Spiders of the Families Liphistiidae, Argyronetidae, Pisauridae, Theridiidae and Araneidae (Arachnida) from Japan". Bulletin of the National Science Museum (Of Japan), Series A. 28 (1): 51–60. In November 2015, Space released the single "Strange World" as a stopgap between albums. In 2016, the band announced that they were working on a new album entitled Give Me Your Future, recorded with Steve Levine, famed for his work with Culture Club. Early copies of the album were sold at Space's homecoming gig at The Arts Club on 22 December 2017, with widespread distribution due in the new year.Barghusen, L.E.; Claussen, D.L.; Anderson, M.S.; Bailer, A.J. (1 February 1997). "The effects of temperature on the web-building behaviour of the common house spider, Achaearanea tepidariorum". Functional Ecology. 11 (1): 4–10. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00040.x.

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Mclver, J.D. & Stonedahl, G. (1993). "Myrmecomorphy: Morphological and Behavioral Mimicry of Ants". Annual Review of Entomology. 38: 351–77. doi: 10.1146/annurev.en.38.010193.002031. This major identification guide to 450 species of spider is designed for easy use. Each species is described in detail and illustrated in colour, including common colour variants and differences between the sexes. General family features are also described, with information on behaviour and web-making, including a key to spiders’ webs.Several Carboniferous spiders were members of the Mesothelae, a primitive group now represented only by the Liphistiidae. [89] In November 2019, a box set entitled The Anthology was released, containing the band's first five studio albums, including the previously unreleased Love You More than Football album, plus B-sides and rarities. [7] Matsumoto, T. (1998). "Cooperative prey capture in the communal web spider, Philoponella raffray (Araneae, Uloboridae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 26: 392–96.