She noted that fake spider webs also don’t break as easily as real spider webs. "These spider web decorations trap creatures by entangling their wings and limbs," Schiltz wrote. Halloween ...

But spider web deaths are so easily preventable. "It's like fly traps," she adds. "We see birds stick in fly traps all the time. Farmers will use the really large glue traps in their barns to help ...

Material scientists have made artificial spider webs that attract objects and shake off water, just like the real thing. They hope that the material could one day be used to help robots self-clean.