Darwin's bark spider "Caerostris darwini"

Filmed in Madagascar by Matjaz Gregoric, this video shows a Darwin's bark spider subduing a dragonfly on her web. Females of this newly named (2010) species, "Caerostris darwini," cast giant webs across streams, rivers and lakes, suspending the web's orb above water and attaching it to plants on each riverbank. Bridgelines of these water-spanning webs have been measured as long as 25 meters. Studies of the silk of these spiders by Matjaz Kuntner and Ingi Agnarsson, research collaborators of the Smithsonian Institution, and University of Akron collaborator Todd Blackledge, have revealed it is among the toughest of all known spider silks.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• giant spider
• giant spider web
• Madagasgar spider
• spider vs. dragonfly
• Smithsonian entomology
• giant web
• spider silk
• sexual dimorphism

[skyarsalan]

brought here by cracked.

[marcuspinson]

can you buy these spiders i would realy like to have some?

[MysticSonic007]

that poor dragon fly D:

[katmandu699]

Some say Caerostris darwini web's are 10 times stronger than kevlar...

[MrSlla222]

did you just toss it? wtf

[offspriing]

@StbI990 you have to remember that the thickness makes a difference too. If you had body armor made of kevlar and could somehow make body armor of the same size out of this spiders silk, THEN you'd find that the spider silk is roughly 10x stronger. far fetched comparison but it's the best i can do right now

[909skeet]

Where can I get one? Im doing a project and need one.. No harm intended just wondring if its possible to get one?

[MegadethPWNMetallica]

@skyarsalan, yup

[iEatUglyNoobs]

@GoDSpAmBoT You walk through it.

[GoDSpAmBoT]

I don't want to imagine what happens if you accidentally walk through one of their webs :'3