The purpose of stabilimenta within the web is unclear. They could help collect water, regulate a spider’s body temperature, ...

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Embellishments called stabilimenta helped propagate waves along simulated spider webs when prey landed on them, shedding new ...

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The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited ...

Researchers simulated the effects that different web decorations had on vibrations, adding fresh insight to a decades-old ...

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