On seeing any poisonous creatures what would you do? Probably may run away or just want to exterminate it. Anyone might react in the same way on the sight of the spider, which is considered as a nuisance and dangerous creature. But the fact is these creatures are quite helpful for human beings.

1. Spider Silk What You Need To Know
On seeing any poisonous
creatures what would you do?
Probably may run away or
just want to exterminate it.
Anyone might react in the same
way on the sight of the spider,
which is considered as a
nuisance and dangerous
creature. But the fact is these
creatures are quite helpful for
human beings. They mostly
keep insects away that cause lot
of damage to the crops and
trouble humans in many ways.
As the spiders controls various
insects the use of insecticides is
reducible to a great extent. It means you can save environment as well as humans from
poisonous chemicals released from insecticides. Apart from that the Spider silk produced from
spider is considered as a tough one when compared to the silk produced from silk worms. This
shows that spiders are useful creatures and the services of spiders are beneficial for mankind. It
is though true that they are poisonous not all spiders are poisonous. The spiders that are seen
everywhere in large quantity are mostly less harmful. Such types of spiders mostly grow indoor
as well as outdoor but normally close to buildings. The spiders can also be found in forests,
fields, mountain tops and caves etc. Most of them are mild and the biting apparatus is not
stronger to break into the skin of humans. However, it is possible that some large spiders can be
harmful and the bite of such spiders is serious thing to consider.
One of the many benefits of spiders is the skill to produce silk. This silk also known as
Spider silk is useful in
various applications. Though
it looks quite delicate the
strength of this silk is
amazing. Due to this reason it
is mostly used in making
fishing nets, bags, caps and
various advanced scientific
inventions. This type of silk is
very elastic in nature and the
strands can stretch upto half
the length of their normal size
before they break. The silk
strands have tensile strength

2. that is more than other materials and only fused quartz fibers can surpass their strength. The
strength of the strands increases further, if the speed of removing the fiber from spider’s body is
more. That is the higher the removal speed of the fiber the stronger the strands. When compared
to other strands the fine strands are much stronger and elastic in nature. However, the silk strands
have various other variations. Normally, the silken threads are not prepared from single fibers
but rather from two or more silk strands. Though the fiber is as fine as a million of one inch it is
twenty times thicker and when combined can produce silk threads of various thicknesses.
Another thing is that some of the fibers have stickiness while others remain dry. Spiders produce
silk mainly for the purpose of web making. They also use the silk for various other purposes such
as for ballooning lines, egg sacs, trap lines, nursery webs, chambers and for catching prey etc. If
you think that the silk in produced for all these needs from only one gland by the spider, then you
are wrong. As they have nearly seven types and some even have around six types and nearly six
hundred or more separate glands.