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    SPINNING AROUND SPIDER WEBS

    Aug 25, 2022 2 minutes

    ESPITE BEING ONE OF THE WONDERS of the natural world, silk’s transparent nature renders it virtually invisible to the human eye for most of the year. However, mist droplets on dewy mornings – such a distinctive feature of September – have the ability to elevate spiders’ astonishingly accomplished webs into one of our most obvious autumnal spectacles. And as spiders have colonised every terrestrial habitat, web-spotting

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