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Wild silk worms exist all over the world, as below, except on the Antarctic continent and the extreme polar northern latitudes.
Anyone who wants to cultivate silk worms can live in any state, because the commercial silk worms are entirely domesticated.
Silk is produced in the spinneret glands located at the rear of a spider's abdomen. These glands secrete a liquid protein that solidifies into silk when it comes into contact with the air. Spiders use this silk to build webs, protect their eggs, and capture prey.
Special glands in the abdomen. Sometimes it looks like the mouth but they just use the mandibles to weave it. The organs that shoot the silk is called "spinnerets".
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What is the common name for spider silk?
The common name for spider silk is "cobweb."
What material is a spiders web made from?
A spider's web is made from silk that the spider produces from its spinnerets. This silk is incredibly strong and elastic, allowing the spider to catch prey in its web.
What decorations is made out of spider webs?
silk
What part of the body does a spider web come from?
Spiders have this tough silk-like material that they naturally produce. Behind a spider are it's spineretts (not sure if i spelled that right, sorry). when needed, a spider releases the tough silk-like material, usually forming a web.
Where is the spider silk in spineworld?
In Spineworld, spider silk can be found by defeating spider enemies in the game. Spiders can be encountered in various locations, and defeating them may yield spider silk as a drop.
What is a Spineret?
Thwe silk inside of a spider or silkworm that will come out
How are spider silk and steel alike?
It is said that spider silk has the strength of steel.
What is the golden silk spider's phylum?
Arthropoda is the phylum of the Golden Silk Spider.
Where is the place where you can trade your spider silk in for money pixie hollow?
Spider silk IS money
What is the common name for spider silk?
The common name for spider silk is "cobweb."
Is the substance that comes out of the spider called a thread that makes the web?
Usually it is called "spider silk." Some species of spiders can produce six different kinds of silk. The filaments that come from their spinnerets are a little like the silk fibers that silkworms use to make their cocoons. It is o.k. to speak of "a thread of spider silk," especially since some spiders produce sheet webs that just looking at one from a distance won't tell you that they were formed out of individual lengths of spider silk.
How does a spider get silk?
silk it is the heary and germss to divine
What insect actually creates silk?
Silk spider
What silk is stronger than steel?
Spider silk
What material is a spiders web made from?
A spider's web is made from silk that the spider produces from its spinnerets. This silk is incredibly strong and elastic, allowing the spider to catch prey in its web.
Is synthetic silk still called silk?
Japan has developed technology for producing a synthetic spider silk with the same qualities as natural spider silk. Not all synthetic silk has the same qualities as the natural silk though.
What spider can spin a web five times stronger than steel?
Any web-spinning spider can do it, it is a property of spider silk. When it is said that spider silk is stronger than steel, this does not mean the webs themselves as is. It means that if you had enough spider silk to weave into the same thickness as a steel cable, the spider silk would have a tensile strength five times greater.
