Length of spider web (largest known)

Value 25 meters
Organism Bark spider Caerostris darwini
Reference Mammola S, Michalik P, Hebets EA, Isaia M. Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them. PeerJ. 2017 Oct 315:e3972. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3972 p.18 4th paragraphPubMed ID29104823
Primary Source Matjaž Kuntner & Ingi Agnarsson (2010). "Web gigantism in Darwin's bark spider, a new species from Madagascar (Araneidae: Caerostris)" The Journal of Arachnology (American Arachnological Society) 38: 346–356. link abstract AND Gregoricˇ M, Agnarsson I, Blackledge TA, Kuntner M. 2011. How did the spider cross the river? Behavioral adaptations for river-bridging webs in Caerostris darwini (Araneae: Araneidae). PLOS ONE 6(10):e26847 DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0026847 AND Guinness World Records (GWR). 2017. The Guinness World Records. Available at link guinnessworldrecords.com (accessed 4 October 2017) PubMed ID22046378
Comments P.18 4th paragraph: "Largest web (length)—25 m. The anchor lines of the web of Darwin’s bark spider, Caerostris darwini Kuntner & Agnarsson (Araneidae), are capable of bridging over 25 m, being the longest web among all spiders (primary sources)."
Entered by Uri M
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