Due to fascinating mechanical and biological characteristics spider silk is of great interest in many research fields. Among the orb-weavers Nephila edulis is one of the species used as source for natural spider silk in laboratories. Under appropriate conditions, animals can be kept and bred easily. This manuscript gives information about the spiders’ natural habitat, behavior, and breeding and compares them with the established methods and conditions within a research laboratory. Keeping conditions and methods of rearing are described in detail. Within a keeping facility with reliable supply of food, cannibalism rate is significantly reduced and spiders mate all year long. Cohabitants of the genus Steatoda are routinely found in laboratory keeping. While these small spiders do not pose a threat to Nephila edulis, cellar spiders (family Pholcidae) have to be extracted as they have been observed hunting for Nephila spiders.

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实验室条件下的可食用Nephila繁殖和护理。

由于令人着迷的机械和生物学特性，蜘蛛丝在许多研究领域中引起了极大的兴趣。在球织工中，可食用的Nephila edulis是实验室中用作天然蜘蛛丝来源的物种之一。在适当的条件下，可以轻松饲养和饲养动物。该手稿提供了有关蜘蛛自然栖息地，行为和繁殖的信息，并将其与研究实验室中已建立的方法和条件进行了比较。详细说明饲养条件和饲养方法。在拥有可靠食物供应的饲养设施中，食人率大大降低，蜘蛛一年四季都交配。Steatoda属的同胞通常在实验室保存中找到。虽然这些小蜘蛛不会对蓝藻造成威胁，但由于已经发现它们正在捕食Nephila蜘蛛，因此必须提取地窖蜘蛛（Pholcidae家族）。