Spider Web Stabilimentum (IMAGE)

Duke University

Spider Web Stabilimentum

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This is a spider web as seen in bird vision (left), and fly vision (right). The zigzags on the spider's web send a secret message to birds that their insect prey can't see, even from less than a foot away.

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Eleanor Caves

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