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Do Spider Exoskeletons Go Out Of Style? with Dr. Maydianne Andrade

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

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Is It a Squiggle of Silk?

i'm pretty sure i saw the same spider with the exact same web and part in the garden, like it rebuilt. Am colikli, like, that ya, ya ya. And then a few days later, it was gone. And i was like, ause, ther was this big storm and i was n't on myk ot, it's gone. So from what you described, i think it's probably in argayope - which is one of the big warb weavers. Some species eat the silk, some species don't. The other thing is that female or weaving spiders take down their webs, usually at night, and then rebuild them during the day.

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