Silk spinners
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Thes are the tiny structures that give spiders their silk-spinning ability. Known as spinnerets, six telescopic projections are found at the end of the spider’s abdomen and are internally connected to silk-producing glands. At the tip of the spinnerets are nozzle-like structures called spigots, which release a chemical cocktail from the glands that forms robust silk when exposed to oxygen in the air.