Other spiders use a wide variety of methods to capture prey.
In some cases, spiders may even use silk as a source of food.
The spider may use the fibers to help it climb slick surfaces.
Certain spiders also use it as a last resort.
These spiders also use them to move around on their web without getting stuck.
During the process of making an orb web, the spider will use its own body for measurements.
This is one way the spider uses its own body as a measuring/spacing device.
But spiders use very many different ways of catching things.
The spiders use technology that is partially organic, something we've never met before.
One escape technique the spiders use is to disappear beneath the surface tension of the water.