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?
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Another expedition, another clue. This time, video of the birth and a DNA barcode sequence. The sequence is open access, below:
Web tower-COI-5P
GACTTTATATTTGTTATTTGGAGTATGGGCTGCTATAGTTGGGACTGCAATAAGAGTATTAATTCGAGTTGAGTTAGGGCAACCAGGAAGATTATTAGGGGATGATCAACTATATAATGTAATTGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATGCCAATTTTAATTGGGGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTATAATGTTAGGAGTACCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGGATAAATAATCTTAGTTTTTGATTATTACCCCCTTCTTTGTTTTTACTTTTAATTTCTTCTTTAAATGAAATAGGAGTTGGGGCTGGGTGAACAGTATACCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTTGGAAGGTCATAATAATAGATCTATAGATTTTGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGGGCATCTTCAATTATGGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATAAATATACGGAGAGTAGAATTTAAAATAGAAAATATTTCTTTATTTATTTGATCTGTTTTAATTACAGCAGTACTTTTATTATTGTCTTTACCTGTATTAGCAGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGTAATTTTAATACATCTTTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGAGGAGGGGACCCTGTTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT
Link to the BLAST website where we aligned the piece of DNA
We found a total of 5 silkhenge structures and watched three spiders hatch from this. Filmed on an olloclip and Canon 70D.
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