do different types of spiders spin different spider web patterns?

Question

i was sitting on the porch looking at some webs and i was curious, do different types of spiders spin different patterns on thiier webbs?

Answer 1

Yes.

Spiral orb webs, associated primarily with the family Araneidae as well as Tetragnathidae and Uloboridae
http://www.emporia.edu/ksn/v52n2-september2005/fig01.jpg
http://www.thedogmuseum.com/images/spider-web.jpg

Tangle-webs or cobwebs, associated with the family Theridiidae
http://www.pumpkinpatch.ca/photoalbum/cobweb1024x768.jpg
http://www.javajane.co.uk/texture/cobwebs.jpg

Funnel-webs, with associations divided into primitive and modern
http://www.surfbirds.com/blogs/Frampton25/archives/Funnel-Web-Spider-CANON-051.jpg
http://njhurst.org/holidays/otways/otway-cliff/funnel-web.jpg

Tubular webs which run up the base of trees
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/picpops/665.shtml

Sheet webs
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Linyphiidae/Linyphiidae.htm
http://www.tandjenterprises.com/images/hobo%20spider%20web%20outside%20big.jpg

Answer 2

The simple answer is Yes. Each type of spider spins a unique web. some stretch them across from tree to tree or bush to bush, limb to limb. Some spin a funnel shaped web. Some spin very little web(black widow). Google spiders or go to wikipedia and look under spiders. You may never get enough!!

Answer 3

Absolutely; and the pattern helps to categorize the spider.

There is the "orb" pattern, which is what we think of when we are asked to think to a spider web.

There is also the "comb-footed platform" pattern; which looks more complex.

More surprisingly, some "horizontal web" is made of only one long horizontal string (it does not seem to be as efficient as the orb web to me).

Some other spiders (bolas) prefer "vertical web".

Finally, there is the 'Redback Spider webs", which consist of an irregular upper silk network with a closely woven, thimble-like retreat.

See references for images.

An experiment has been made: drugged spiders tend to create new patterns.

Answer 4

Yes, they don't all make round "doiley" type webs. Look around your garden on a damp early morning. Some webs are flat, like net curtains laid out to dry on the grass or bushes, some are very complicated, layered on different levels, like vertical mazes. Indoors, they make what we call cobwebs, just trailing webs to trap passing flies. Spiders are fascinating creatures.

Answer 5

yes they do, it depends on....
1. their environment, outdoors, inside...etc.
2. and what they eat...


some spin orb webs to catch flys, caterpillars etc outside..while others, creat "trip lines" in their webs, the ones that we usually walk into, to catch their prey that way.

Answer 6

yes. it depends on the spiders size and shape.

Answer 7

yes