#silkhenge

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Silkhenge spider web

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The silkhenge spider - WTF fun fact

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First Ever Video of Silkhenge Spider Hatching!

- Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Silkhenge, Mystery Web Tower, White-Picket Fence Structure- whatever the name, it is a spider egg surrounded by mystery. What species is it? What is the function? How is it made?

Discovered just a few years ago in Tambopata, Peru, these mysterious structures were all over the internet... they were eventually found ot be made by spiders.

Watch the first ever footage (first known observation) of baby spiderlings hatching form this structure!

(via: The Jungle Diaries)

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Spider Architect's Intricate 'Silkhenge' Revealed in Stunning Video ; Image credit: Courtesy of Phil Torres

A mysterious silk structure in the Amazon known as a "silkhenge" has just been captured in a remarkable, high-resolution new video.

These strange and tiny structures, each small enough to fit on a fingertip, have captivated and perplexed scientists since the first one was discovered in 2013 in Peru, near the Tambopata Research Center. A tapering central cone ringed by delicate silk pillars reminiscent of Stonehenge led to the name.

Video of spiderlings breaking out of the web towers revealed that these strange structures serve as protective fences around spider egg sacs, but the species of spider behind the structures has yet to be identified.

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SPECIES: Silkhenge Spider (Species unclassified) PRICE: $5 USD / 500 DA points EXTRAS: N/A 

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Golden Spiderlings Hatch from Bizarre 'Silkhenge' in Amazing Video

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Silkhenge

A few years ago, we showed you a strange natural construction found in the Peruvian rainforest Peru. It was an egg case from an unidentified creature. Later, we found out it was a yet-unclassified spider, so the egg case with a fence around it was dubbed Silkhenge. Now we have footage of baby spiders emerging from the egg case.

Entomologists Phil Torres and Aaron Pomerantz watched the spiders emerging. They still haven't found an adult, and attempts to raise the baby spiders failed because their diet is unknown. [h/t]