Winter squash is an excellent source of vitamin A, vitamin C, alpha-carotene and beta-carotene. It is also a very good source of thiamin, vitamin B6, potassium, magnesium, and manganese, and a good source of iron.
Spiders are, for the most part, such generalist feeders that they kill many useful insects as well as many pest species, however because pest species are by their nature more numerous than beneficial species they are still effective. They are of great value to the environment.
Spider silk is therefore a model polymer for development of high performance biomimetic fibersâ¦We examined the biomechanical properties of silk produced by the remarkable Malagasy âDarwinâs bark spiderâ (Caerostris darwini), which we predicted would produce exceptional silk based upon its amazing web.