gosamer

Japanese: gosamer
gosamer

...Anyway, by using methods (1) and (2), spiders can fly in the air without wings, and can reach isolated islands hundreds of kilometers away from land. Spiders that fly in the air using only their silk are called "gosamers."
[Spiders and humans]

[Use of spiders]
Because spiders eat many insects, applied arachnology has been carried out to study how spiders can be used to control pests, and this has already reached the practical stage.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "gosamer" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…とにかく(1),(2)の方法でクモは,はねがなくても空を飛び,陸地から何百kmも離れた絶海の孤島にもいくことができるのである。なお,クモの糸だけが空中を飛んでいるものを遊糸gosamerと呼んでいる。
【クモと人間】

[クモの利用]
 クモが多数の虫を食べるので,応用クモ学では,害虫駆除にクモを役だたせる研究が行われ,すでに実用の段階まできている。…

※「gosamer」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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