Part spider web, part cocoon, Sky-Pod tent dangles cozily over the forest floor After a decade and a half of development, touring and tweaking, the Sky-Pod is available for consumers View 24 Images ...

But there are important differences between these resting webs and the cocoon-containing webs the zombie spiders build: The latter are three to 40 times stronger and more reflective, ...

The ermine moth caterpillars have covered the trees in cocoons of silk like giant spider webs. ... 26, were shocked to see the hungry caterpillars munch through their flowering 30 ft tall tree.

Right: The cocoon web and wasp cocoon (Picture: Nature) A parasitic wasp has been found to 'drug' its spider host, inducing it to weave a special cocoon-like structure for the wasp's own ends.

From the larva’s perspective, this makes a lot of sense: a spider that’s molting only needs a resting web for a few days, whereas the larva will use the cocoon for about 10 days as it develops ...