Table 3 Properties of minor ampullate silk for cobweb and orb-web weaving species

Latrodectus hesperus

1.12 ± 0.47

3.9 ± 2.9

245.4 ± 120.5

0.57 ± 0.02

66.7 ± 46.4

0.07 ^g

Latrodectus geometricus

1.09 ± 0.29

2.6 ± 1.3

174.4 ± 17.6

0.54 ± 0.02

43.6 ± 20.1

3.48 ^h

Steatoda grossa

1.07 ± 0.26

2.1 ± 0.7

251.3 ± 106.2

0.74 ± 0.02

57.3 ± 20.7

12.79 ⁱ

Nephila clavipes ^a

2.5 ± 0.2

3.0 ± 0.6

346 ± 53

0.30 ± 0.15

0 ^j

Nephila clavipes ^b

2.5

960 ± 50

0.25 ± 0.03

0 ^j

Nephila inaurata ^c

1.8 ± 0.1

11.2 ± 0.7

1500 ± 200

0.46 ± 0.05

300 ± 50

Argiope trifasciata ^d,e

0.69 ± 0.10

8.9 ± 0.05

751.5 ± 40

0.44 ± 0.04

150 ± 12

Argiope trifasciata ^c

1.8 ± 0.1

10 ± 0.4

1040 ± 6

0.45 ± 0.02

240 ± 20

Argiope argentata ^e

1.1 ± 0.7

10.6 ± 1.2

923 ± 154

0.33 ± 0.03

137 ± 22

Araneus diadematus ^f

0.29

0 ^k

Araneus gemmoides ^b

2.0

1400 ± 100

0.22 ± 0.07