About Darwin’s Bark Spider:
- The Darwin’s Bark Spider (Caerostris darwini) is a remarkable arachnid famed for producing the largest and toughest known webs in the animal kingdom.
- It belongs to the family Araneidae, or orb-weaver spiders.
- Habitat: It inhabits riverine forests and wetlands.
- Distribution: It is found in the forests of Madagascar.
- Characteristics of Darwin’s Bark Spiders:
- It weaves silk that outperforms steel and most human-made fibres in both strength and toughness.
- Their silk is more than twice as tough as any other spider silk studied.
- Unique Habitat: Unlike most orb-weavers, it builds webs over open water rather than in vegetation.
