How a spider spins electrified nanosilk

The cribellate orb spider (Uloborus plumipes) spins, combs and pulls nanofibers in such a way that charges the silk with static electricity.
Hartmut Kronenberger & Katrin Kronenberger/Oxford Univ.
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