Silk

According to Wikipedia, 'textile' is an umbrella term for fibre based materials including fibres themselves.

Spiders produce silk fibres whose properties include high tensile strength, elasticity, durability and softness. The link below tells of a cloth made from the silk of more than one million golden orb spiders. We have plenty of them in the garden too.

https://www.wired.com/2009/09/spider-silk/

My blip shows the beautiful blue silk of the net casting spider. While I've posted photos of net casting spiders before, this one is at least a different colour from the usual, being more orange.

Thanks for hosting cathy1947.

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