SEM Analysis of 1st Instar Draglines

This morning, I had the dragline silks collected from the 1st instar spiderlings sent for SEM analysis at Quasi-S Technology. The threads are so delicate and subtle that you need to point torchlight on the surface to detect them. Crossing fingers for good images of the draglines..

                      See how hard to see them as they are minute and transparent unlike that of the adults