Structural
Silks have a hierarchical structure. The primary structure is the amino acid sequence of its proteins (spidroin), mainly consisting of highly … See more

Meeting the specification for all these ecological uses requires different types of silk presenting different properties, as either a fibre, a structure of fibres, or a globule. These types … See more

To artificially synthesise spider silk into fibres, two broad tasks are required. These are synthesis of the feedstock (the unspun silk dope in spiders), and synthesis of the production conditions (the funnel, valve, tapering duct, and spigot). Few strategies have produced silk … See more

• "The Silk Spinners", a BBC program about silk-producing animals
• Meadows, Robin (5 August 2014). "How Spiders Spin Silk". PLOS Biology. 12 (8): e1001922. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001922. PMC 4122354 See more

All spiders produce silks, and a single spider can produce up to seven different types of silk for different uses. This is in contrast to insect silks, where an individual usually only … See more

Silk production differs in an important aspect from that of most other fibrous biomaterials. It is pulled on demand from a precursor out of specialised glands, rather than continuously … See more

The earliest recorded attempt to weave fabric from spider silk was in 1709 by François Xavier Bon who, using a process similar to creating silkworm silk, wove silk derived spider's egg … See more