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Is Every Spider Web Unique?
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Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room for individual variation that makes one species' web — or one individual spider's — recognizably different from another's? Are all webs identical, or is every spiderweb unique? And what factors cause spiders to vary their silky webs?
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