Venkatesh Kittur, The artist and the art (ANIMALS 2024)

Spiderwebs are intricate works of art. Spiders have structures called spinnerets on their abdomen, usually on the underside to the rear. These are the silk-spinning organs. At the end of each spinneret is a collection of spigots, nozzle-like structures. A single silk thread comes out of each. Although it looks a bit like an icing nozzle, the silk is pulled out by gravity or the spider's hind leg. It is this I wanted to photograph and I got lucky when I recently visited the Historical Woodlands in Greenvale.

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