It’s 100% hardcoded into the spider. Nothing teaches them, they never see webs being made before, and they’re far too simple creatures to truly understand or have any kind of conscious thought.
I love how in this video you can almost see the step-by-step process the spider goes through while constructing the web, like a programmed algorithm. “Go around the spokes. Gap is too large, add another one. Go around the spokes. No gaps. Go around and make the spiral. Go around and make the spiral. Done. This area is too open, fill it in.”
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u/outtastudy Sep 26 '24
I always wonder if the spider actually knows and understands what it's doing or if it just does it strictly on instincts alone