They should have called it Shelob.

[Kai]

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/16/a-spider-web-that-spans-rivers-made-from-the-world%E2%80%99s-toughest-biological-material/ NOT SAFE FOR FRED AND SUU.

I'd post pictures here but would rather not incur wrath.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Damn, if that's the web, how big is the spider?

[Don Coyote]

One day, we shall wear armors woven from the silk of spiders.

[Freeky]

Damn, if that's the web, how big is the spider?

3-4 cm with legs outstretched says the article.

Wow, though. I can't seem to find pictures of them, though.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Damn, if that's the web, how big is the spider?

3-4 cm with legs outstretched says the article.

Wow, though. I can't seem to find pictures of them, though.

Yeah, I'm not so good with metric, I was hoping to be able to see one on the web itself

[Suu]

Damn, if that's the web, how big is the spider?

3-4 cm with legs outstretched says the article.

Wow, though. I can't seem to find pictures of them, though.

That's not a big critter. That's like the one I had in my house a couple weeks ago.  

Either way, orb weavers are pretty fascinating. I fucking hate them because their spiders, but the way they can construct their webs always amazes me. I once sat...from the comfort of my own house through glass, and watched one build her web, it's like an art form.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Wait, never mind, I think I see it.

[Storebrand]

One day, we shall wear armors woven from the silk of spiders.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/spider-silk/

1 Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare Cloth

I thought I got a link to this from PD.

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Fastidious little creatures aren't they?

I found this linked from the OP article:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/04/24/singaporean-spiders-spit-venomous-glue-work-together-eat-each-other/

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

What magnificent creatures! I love spiders!