r/spiderbro • u/TheMuseumOfScience • 4h ago
Video Spider Silk: Stronger Than Steel, Thinner Than Hair
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Did you know you’re sharing your bed with thousands of tiny arachnids? 🧹
Quinten Geldhof, also known as Microhobbyist, shows how a single spider can produce up to seven different types of silk, each with its own job. Sturdy dragline silk builds the web’s frame, while sticky blobs of silk set the trap for prey. Pound for pound, it’s up to five times stronger than steel, and a strand long enough to circle the Earth would weigh just 4.4 pounds! What would you use spider silk for?