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Araneus

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Noun1.Araneus - a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spidersAraneus - a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders
Aranea, genus Aranea, genus Araneus
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
Argiopidae, family Argiopidae, orb-weaver - spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution
Araneus cavaticus, barn spider - an orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily; "the barn spider was made famous in E. B. White's book `Charlotte's Web'"
Aranea diademata, garden spider - a spider common in European gardens
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The most studied spider silks come from the golden silk spider, Nephila clavipes, and the European garden spider, Araneus diadematus.
Silk's superpowers by Ehrenberg, Rachel / Science News for Kids
The scientists 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).
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The most studied spider silks come from the golden silk spider, Nephila clavipes, and the European garden spider, Araneus diadematus.
Silk: mimicking how spiders make their complex array of silks could ... by Ehrenberg, Rachel / Science News
 
 
 
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