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- adjective of spiders who weave circular webs
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Examples
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Two short articles in this week's Science link the orb-weaving spiders back to a common ancestor in the Early Cretaceous, with both physical and molecular evidence.
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What we have is a 110-million-year-old piece of amber that preserves a piece of an orb web and some captured prey, and a new comparative study of spider silk proteins that ties together the two orb-weaving lineages, the Araneoidea and the Deinopoidea, and dates their last common ancestor to 136 million years ago.
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One remarkable twist on this strategy is seen in a species of orb-weaving spiders.
Where Modern Love Meets the NYT Science Beat? : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2006
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Two short articles in this week's Science link the orb-weaving spiders back to a common ancestor in the Early Cretaceous, with both physical and molecular evidence.
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What we have is a 110-million-year-old piece of amber that preserves a piece of an orb web and some captured prey, and a new comparative study of spider silk proteins that ties together the two orb-weaving lineages, the Araneoidea and the Deinopoidea, and dates their last common ancestor to 136 million years ago.
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After nightfall, a Spotlight Tour with the outdoor adventure co-ordinator, Courtney Mason, also reveals sugar gliders, possums and orb-weaving spiders.
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WASHINGTON - A new study has determined that orb-weaving spiders decorate their webs with colorful and shimmering decorations in order to lure their prey to death.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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According to a report in the Natural History Magazine, the research was carried out by Laura K. WASHINGTON - A new study has determined that orb-weaving spiders decorate their webs with colorful and shimmering decorations in order to lure their prey to death.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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New Scientist and the article in the Journal Science report that: the team fired beams of ionised metal compounds at lengths of silk from the orb-weaving spider Araneus diatematus using a technology called atomic layer deposition (ALD).
Next Big Future 2009
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New Scientist and the article in the Journal Science report that: the team fired beams of ionised metal compounds at lengths of silk from the orb-weaving spider Araneus diatematus using a technology called atomic layer deposition (ALD).
Next Big Future 2009
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