Researchers have finally learned how spiders build webs thanks to a combination of night vision recordings and A.I.
, these tiny creatures can be spectacular. Now, researchers with John Hopkins University may have unraveled one of the biggest mysteries surrounding spiders. The researchers say they were able to use night vision and A.I. to learn how spiders build webs.The researchers published their findings online and in the November 2021 issue of. One of the co-authors, Andrew Gordus, says he first became interested in how spiders build webs while out birding with his son one day.
Not all spiders build webs, but those that do, have fascinated scientists for centuries. How do they determine when and where to put the web? How do they build such stable and reliable traps without looking? These questions have been barriers in understanding how spiders weave their webs. Gordus says the first step, though, was understanding how spiders’ small brains support their high-level construction projects.
The researchers focused on the hackled orb weaver, a small species of spider native to the western United States. These spiders build their webs during the nighttime. As such, the researchers were able to rig an area in their lab with infrared cameras and lights positions around the spider’s habitat. There they were able to record how the spiders build their webs.
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