SPIDER VISCID SILK. “Araneoid capture silk, often referred to as viscid or sticky silk, is more economical to produce because of an alternative mechanism of adhesion. As the axial fibres are extruded from the flagelliform glands, an aqueous glue coating is simultaneously deposited from the aggregate glands onto the axial fibres and coalesces into microscopic droplets along the fibre’s length.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022