Bark Media Co.

Overview

Draped between trees and above rivers and streams throughout the jungles of Madagascar are beguiling, intricate works of art: The world’s largest-known spiderwebs, spun by the intrepid Darwin’s bark spider. This tiny spider, just a single inch wide, creates webs that reach up to 30 square feet and hang from anchor lines as long as 80 feet. The bark spider is an artisan and an ingenious architect. Made from elastic silk reported to be stronger than Kevlar, her web can trap dozens of large insects at once./n