pakeha
31st October 2009, 11:34 AM
I've just found this:
The world's oldest spider web spun when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth has been found encased in a prehistoric piece of amber.
The tiny tangled filaments date back 140 million years and are linked to each other in the roughly circular pattern familiar to gardeners everywhere.
The web appears to be similar to those of modern orb web spiders, which weave a spiral of silk to catch insect prey.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1224237/Creepy-crawlies-dawn-time-Newly-discovered-prehistoric-spiders-web-worlds-oldest.html#ixzz0VXH8PESX
Spiders' webs caught in amber photos with the rest of the article.
Enjoy!
The world's oldest spider web spun when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth has been found encased in a prehistoric piece of amber.
The tiny tangled filaments date back 140 million years and are linked to each other in the roughly circular pattern familiar to gardeners everywhere.
The web appears to be similar to those of modern orb web spiders, which weave a spiral of silk to catch insect prey.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1224237/Creepy-crawlies-dawn-time-Newly-discovered-prehistoric-spiders-web-worlds-oldest.html#ixzz0VXH8PESX
Spiders' webs caught in amber photos with the rest of the article.
Enjoy!