neville park#Mosstodon × #DailySpiderPic, from a grotty underpass. Hacklemesh weavers (_Amaurobius ferox_) love these crevices in the bricks.
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Got some footage of a mesh-web weaver (family Dictynidae) back-combing her silk to make it fuzzy!
It doesn't just tangle up insects; several years ago research showed the silk melds with the waxy coating of some insect cuticles on the molecular level. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.0363 
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