Silk Book Available
My book entitled “Silk: Exploring Nature’s Superfibre” is now available through XLIBRIS. Go to: https://www.xlibris.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/821509-silk to pre-order a copy.
Spider and Silk Supply
‘’Spider and Silk Supply’ is a new spinoff company of SSRL members. It is the only one in existence that can supply Research Institutions and Industries highest quality as spun spider silk, as well live spiders, on requests for all kinds of research and development. For information and orders please visit:http:// https://www.spiderandsilksupply.com/
Media release: Spiders tailor webs to catch prey for specific nutrients
“Spiders tailor their webs to their taste”, Scimex, March 17, 2015 Read the Scimex article here An international study, that includes Australians, has found that spiders will tailor their web to catch certain prey, depending on the types of nutrients they need. The study found that spiders used smaller and sticker webs to capture prey…
DetailsABC Science interview
“Custom web design keeps spiders in business”, ABC Science, March 18, 2015. Read the ABC Science article here. ‘When a fly or cricket hits a spider web, the web has to intercept the prey and hold it there until the spider comes and feeds,” says Dr Sean Blamires, an evolutionary biologist at the University of…
DetailsAustralian Geographic interview Sean Blamires & Marie Herberstein
“Spiders customise webs based on diet”, Australian Geographic, March 19, 2015. Read the Australian Geographic article here. ‘The findings indicate that spiders adjust the type of webs they spin to adapt to what food source is around. If there are more flies, for example, spiders don’t seem to waste the extra energy needed to build…
DetailsNinemsn article: Spiders adjust to their diets by spinning different webs
“Spiders adjust to their diets by spinning different webs”, NineMSN, March 17, 2015.
See NineMSN article
“Researchers at the University of New South Wales have discovered that spiders build different types of webs when they encounter different types of prey.”