| General Cobweb and Spider Web Facts
Ancient Greeks used spider webs and cobwebs on wounds, so did the medical profession in the 1800's. Why? We now know that spider webs contain an antiseptic substance.
Spiders are the fabricators of one of the most amazing structures on our planet: the spider web. They are under the classification of arachnids, having eight legs but no antennae or wings. There are over 40,000 species of spiders in our world, and most of those species, though not all, create spider webs.
 The spider web we are most familiar with is the orb web. The silks of these beautiful, somewhat symmetrical webs stretch out from a point in the center of the web.
Another less familiar type of web is the more haphazard-looking asymmetrical web created by spiders such as the Black Widow. A spider will build a non-sticky web first, almost like a blue print or outline. The spider will then proceed to add sticky silk to the web, creating the familiar sticky spider web. The spider eats the old blueprint or "dry" web as it is laying out the new sticky web. It must continue to create new webs as the current web looses its adhesive abilities. You rarely see a new spider web with a spider in it in your home because new spider webs are so thin and transparent, they are very hard to see. It is only when they have been around long enough to collect dust and debris, that you usually see them -- as a cobweb. A cobweb is the old abandoned home of a spider. A cobweb is no longer sticky and the “architect” has gone to another location to design another home. It is the cobweb that is a source of frustration for many homeowners as they try to rid their homes of these unsightly dust collectors. Strength of Spider Silk
The strength of the strongest spider web silk is equal to 5 times that of steel and at least as strong as Kevlar -- and its biodegradable!
No wonder science and industries want to find out what the components are and how they are made. If we could replicate spider silk, we could create countless extremely safe structures and superstructures. In addition, this man-made spider silk would have countless uses in the medical, military, telecommunications and aeronautics fields. Scientists have been trying to replicate the spider web making process, but they have not been able to completely succeed yet. At this point, they are close; however, the substances they have created are weaker and inferior to the real thing.
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