Researchers at the University of Akron, Ohio, U.S.A., have discovered that, on the other hand, the patches of silk that are attached to the ground ​ — called gumfoot discs — ​ have an entirely different architecture, or construction.
وهكذا تكون الشبكة قوية جدا فلا تتزحزح من مكانها عند ارتطام فريسة طائرة بها .‏