Page 81 - The Miracle in the Spider

The Miracle of Silk 81

The tiny drops on the surface of the thread are seen here.

Everything in the heavens and the earth glorifies God. He is the Almighty,
the All-Wise. The kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs to Him.
He gives life and causes death. He has power over all things. (Surat al-
Hadid: 1-2)

The Garden Spider's Amazing Web-Spinning
Techniques

Garden spiders use a strut to strengthen their nests. In its web the
spider stabilises the outermost spiral thread with 4 to 6 holding points
and suspends it vertically to catch insects in flight. Apart from this,
spiders fix a weight on to the lower half of the outermost spiral thread
from another short thread in such a way as to make it taut. This weight,
which makes the web strong and swings in the air, may be a small stone,
or a piece of wood, or a snail shell. Scientists have observed that when
they gently lift the weight hanging from the web without releasing it and
stopping it swinging, the spider waiting in its nest immediately emerges
and checks it. Then the spider shortens the thread in order to let the