Biomechanics: Rain yields tougher spider silks

Ingi Agnarsson

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.058

Biomechanics: Rain yields tougher spider silks

Curr Biol. 2024 Jan 8;34(1):R30-R33. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.058.

Author

Ingi Agnarsson¹

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Sturlugata 7, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland; Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA; School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei, China. Electronic address: iagnarsson@gmail.com.

PMID: 38194927
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.058

Abstract

Broad ecological sampling of spider silks from multiple species shows that the biomechanical properties of spider silk reflect the habitat in which their orb webs are built. Silk toughness is highest in habitats with dense rain.

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MeSH terms

Biomechanical Phenomena
Internet*
Rain*
Silk

Substances

Silk