Spinneret

A spinneret is the part of a spider's body that makes its silk. Spiders have one, two, or three pairs of spinnerets. The spinnerets are usually close together.

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Drawing of the gland inside a spinneret.

File:Barronopsis female PEM.jpg

The spinnerets of this Agelenopsis spider are easy to see.

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The spinnerets of this Argiope aurantia spiral web weaver are very small and are close to its body.

Spinneret Media

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  The spinnerets of an Australian garden orb weaver spider.

• Spinneret of Phidippus adumbratus.jpg

  Black spinneret of Phidippus adumbratus visible below red abdomen

• Argiope bruennichi detail spinneret.JPG

  The compact spinnerets of Argiope bruennichi; placed ventrally below the posterior.

• Ventral aspect of spinnerets of spider species with unusually long spinnerets.