Hunting with sticky tape: functional shift in silk glands of araneophagous ground spiders (Gnaphosidae)

Complete gene sequence of spider attachment silk protein (PySp1) reveals novel linker regions and extreme repeat homogenization

(2017) Ro Crystal Chaw et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Three-dimensional printing spiders: back-and-forth glue application yields silk anchorages with high pull-off resistance under varying loading situations

(2017) Jonas O. Wolff et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Capture efficiency and trophic adaptations of a specialist and generalist predator: A comparison

(2017) Ondřej Michálek et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Evolution of hyperflexible joints in sticky prey capture appendages of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones)

(2016) Jonas O. Wolff et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Hunting Without a Web: How Lycosoid Spiders Subdue their Prey

(2015) Benjamin Eggs et al.   ETHOLOGY

Spider's super-glue: thread anchors are composite adhesives with synergistic hierarchical organization

(2015) Jonas O. Wolff et al.   Soft Matter

Frog tongue acts as muscle-powered adhesive tape

(2015) Thomas Kleinteich et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Trophic specialisation in a predatory group: the case of prey-specialised spiders (Araneae)

(2014) Stano Pekár et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Gluing the 'unwettable': soil-dwelling harvestmen use viscoelastic fluids for capturing springtails

(2014) J. O. Wolff et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Composition and substrate-dependent strength of the silken attachment discs in spiders

(2014) I. Grawe et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Dangerous prey and daring predators: a review

(2013) Shomen Mukherjee et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

More than a safety line: jump-stabilizing silk of salticids

(2013) Y.-K. Chen et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

The Great Silk Alternative: Multiple Co-Evolution of Web Loss and Sticky Hairs in Spiders

(2013) Jonas O. Wolff et al.   PLoS One

Synergetic Material and Structure Optimization Yields Robust Spider Web Anchorages

(2013) Nicola M. Pugno et al.   Small

Rough Fibrils Provide a Toughening Mechanism in Biological Fibers

(2012) Cameron P. Brown et al.   ACS Nano

Comparative morphology of pretarsal scopulae in eleven spider families

(2012) Jonas O. Wolff et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Cobweb-weaving spiders produce different attachment discs for locomotion and prey capture

(2012) Vasav Sahni et al.   Nature Communications

EVOLUTION OF STENOPHAGY IN SPIDERS (ARANEAE): EVIDENCE BASED ON THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SPIDER DIETS

(2011) Stano Pekár et al.   EVOLUTION

Changes in the Adhesive Properties of Spider Aggregate Glue During the Evolution of Cobwebs

(2011) Vasav Sahni et al.   Scientific Reports

Synthetic Spider Silk Fibers Spun from Pyriform Spidroin 2, A Glue Silk Protein Discovered in Orb-Weaving Spider Attachment Discs†

(2010) Paul Geurts et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Possible functional significance of spigot placement on the spinnerets of spiders

(2010) William G. Eberhard   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

Viscoelastic solids explain spider web stickiness

(2010) Vasav Sahni et al.   Nature Communications

Egg attachment of the asparagus beetle Crioceris asparagi to the crystalline waxy surface of Asparagus officinalis

(2009) D. Voigt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Comb-hairs on the fourth tarsi in pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae)

(2008) Bernhard A. Huber et al.   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

The scaling of safety factor in spider draglines

(2008) C. Ortlepp et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY