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@article{Edgerly2002SilkSB,
  title={Silk Spinning Behavior and Domicile Construction in Webspinners},
  author={Janice S. Edgerly and J. Davilla and N. A. Schoenfeld},
  journal={Journal of Insect Behavior},
  year={2002},
  volume={15},
  pages={219-242},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:21673429}
}

Analysis of spinning and of silk domiciles revealed similarities and differences for three species of embiids: Antipaluria urichi, Pararhagadochir trinitatis and Oligotoma saundersii, which showed that adult females share their silk with offspring and, often, with other females.

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