The silk thread of a spider's web is made up of rough hydrophillic (water attracting) puffs that occur periodically in the thread.


The silk thread of a spider's web is made up of rough hydrophillic (water attracting) puffs that occur periodically in the thread. The water that condenses on the thread at dew point moves, collects and coalesces at these water loving puffs to form the dew drops you see.


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