Comparing the amino acid sequences of major ampullate silk proteins from Araneus diadematus and Nephila clavipes, Gosline realised that the sequences differed on one count; Araneus silk is ...

In fact, a close relative — the garden orb-weaver spider (Araneus diadematus) — creates about 30 radial threads (the spoke-like lines extending from the web's middle) that form "an ...

The cross spider (Araneus diadematus) is very common in Europe, but the warm sunlight at low angle made its appearance quite uncommon: the legs and the body of the animal were shining in the ...