PubHawk
J R Soc Interface October 2013 PMID 23925983

More than a safety line: jump-stabilizing silk of salticids.

Yung-Kang Chen, Chen-Pan Liao, Feng-Yueh Tsai, Kai-Jung Chi

Full text PDF Download social card

Mentions

42
Peak: 20 in Jun 2023
across 3 sources since Aug 2013

Extended reach

563,714
potential audience

Total likes

13,982

Video views

516,105

Mentions per month

Aug 2013 – Nov 2025

Where it's discussed

  • X / Twitter33 posts
  • YouTube6 videos
  • News3 articles

AI synopsis

What people are saying

The community expresses fascination with how jumping spiders actively control their body orientation midair, as seen in comments praising the article’s insights and videos on spider sleep and movement, which demonstrate curiosity and appreciation for the scientific details and inspiring real-world applications.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions enthusiastically support the article and acknowledge the fascinating nature of jumping spider behavior and biology.

InterestHigh interest

Posts show high curiosity about the spiders’ capabilities, sleep habits, and behaviors, indicating strong interest.

EngagementHigh engagement

Many comments include personal anecdotes, admiration for the spiders, and references to related videos or research, showing deliberate engagement.

ImpactModerate impact

The discussions highlight how understanding these spiders could inform biomimicry and promote curiosity about arachnids, reflecting moderate influence.

Abstract in brief

  • Salticids, or jumping spiders, use dragline silk not just as a safety line, but as a mechanism to stabilize their body in midair during jumps, allowing for smooth landings and better predatory success.
  • High-speed imagery of the spider Hasarius adansoni shows that despite initial angles of pitch at takeoff, these spiders can actively change their body orientation in air by manipulating forces from the silk and drag, aiding in controlled landings.
  • This discovery highlights the crucial role of dragline silk in in-flight stability and energy dissipation for salticids, offering insights into silk's physiological control and potential applications in designing agile robots.
Read the full abstract

Top posts

Most liked on X and Bluesky
Travis McEnery
@travismcenery · X

It's up! Thanks to everyone who helped make this one happen. https://t.co/lR8q77cukT https://t.co/27meJIFyGg

Jun 17, 2023 · 21 likes · 11 shares · 349 followers View post →
Dr. Catherine Scott (she/they)
@Cataranea · X

Check out the latest video about zebra jumping spiders, featuring @RoesslerDaniela's incredibly cool research on sleep & predation here: https://t.co/680EliOuTT

Jun 19, 2023 · 6 likes · 1 share · 10,969 followers View post →
Kensuke Nakata
@cyclosa_sp · X

#いきものたちのりくつ 実は今日が最終回です。足掛け3年、途中お休みを入れながら、全部で83回書きました。正直ここまで続くとは思ってなかったです。ありがとうございました。 で、最後のネタは、着地の話。ハエトリグモが糸使って姿勢制御するやつ。元論文は、 https://t.co/5EMLPGgOIp

Jun 28, 2022 · 4 likes · 1 share · 1,253 followers View post →
WillyDarrin
@willy_darrin · X

@Bratt_world I gotta encourage you with this if your kids are curious! I try my best w the wee jumpers not to harm em.

Sep 21, 2023 · 3 likes · 1,171 followers View post →
P.R.McKelvey (he/they)γ☭
@PRMcKelveyIII · X

Fun video on jumping spiders dropped today. https://t.co/xLtb42gHVH

Jun 17, 2023 · 1 like · 2,189 followers View post →
Dr. Erin Brandt
@ArachnoGal · X

https://t.co/9eOBeQR0QR https://t.co/oaygamcDbw https://t.co/WNLOqyP5aB

Mar 15, 2021 · 1 like · 466 followers View post →

All mentions

sisu_eagle
@eagle_sisu · X

https://t.co/sul51rUAVr

Nov 21, 2025 · 3,124 followers View post →
Brian Shesic
@brianshesic · X

analysis of salticus scencius I video https://t.co/08s8tw0lOn II article https://t.co/Z6nGefbJ3d III analysis https://t.co/k49q2drfpJ image attribution: see article above @SollforsMedia https://t.co/qlpyDdirm3

Jun 29, 2025 · 4 followers View post →
Erica Martin
@Evil_Erica_lol · X

@onyxx____ Alright: https://t.co/PxjwG65cCc

Feb 5, 2025 · 1 like · 424 followers View post →
A
@MisterA968 · X

https://t.co/jnrDox5afV

Jul 18, 2024 · 1 like · 399 followers View post →
Sigmund
@sigmaund · X

@selentelechia Really liked this, ig there's evidence they might dream

Jul 10, 2024 · 1 like · 122 followers View post →
Sigmund
@sigmaund · X

https://t.co/BZ7kw1IpPb ending is wild, (spoiler) jumping spiders potentially dreaming

Jun 27, 2024 · 122 followers View post →
Literally an Anomalocaris
@TransRamona · X

https://t.co/3VgzVGzOFp I already went out of my way to relocate spiders I found at home and work but this series is so good at reminding you why they’re just good creatures to have exist

Dec 19, 2023 · 193 followers View post →
WillyDarrin
@willy_darrin · X

@Bratt_world I gotta encourage you with this if your kids are curious! I try my best w the wee jumpers not to harm em.

Sep 21, 2023 · 3 likes · 1,171 followers View post →
Robert Lee Farrow
@RobFarrow7 · X

The Spiders in Your House - The Zebra Jumper https://t.co/hoRwlmP6Xd via @YouTube This YouTube producer does a whole-family friendly job of leting us know all about spiders. I just watched this vid on Jumping spiders. Outstanding!

Jul 9, 2023 · 2 followers View post →
Rosanna P. Brost
@RosannaPBrost · X

Jumping spiders: cute AND intelligent! https://t.co/cCnmDQbP44

Jul 4, 2023 · 578 followers View post →
Anthony Campbell
@TheOldObelisk · X

The Spiders in Your House - The Zebra Jumper https://t.co/iKZJnb15Vi via @YouTube

Jun 22, 2023 · 169 followers View post →
Jasper Cabot
@CabotJasper · X

RT @travismcenery: It's up! Thanks to everyone who helped make this one happen. https://t.co/lR8q77cukT https://t.co/27meJIFyGg

Jun 22, 2023 · 11 shares · 1,586 followers View post →
Nightpup
@Nightpup4 · X

Zebra spiders, jumping spiders, ninja spiders, super cool little buggers and they likely even have little spider dreams https://t.co/zjG9nSOofa

Jun 21, 2023 · 1 like · 57 followers View post →
Recognized female by federal and state government
@PurpleWOrange · X

Had a bunch of these little guys in our apartment in NY. https://t.co/9kc34Levmt

Jun 20, 2023 · 2,212 followers View post →
Sweet William
@mandibleism · X

RT @travismcenery: It's up! Thanks to everyone who helped make this one happen. https://t.co/lR8q77cukT https://t.co/27meJIFyGg

Jun 20, 2023 · 11 shares · 43 followers View post →
trashtank
@TrashTank · X

RT @travismcenery: It's up! Thanks to everyone who helped make this one happen. https://t.co/lR8q77cukT https://t.co/27meJIFyGg

Jun 19, 2023 · 11 shares · 2,771 followers View post →
UK Garden Spiders
@UKgardenspiders · X

RT @Cataranea: Check out the latest video about zebra jumping spiders, featuring @RoesslerDaniela's incredibly cool research on sleep & pre…

Jun 19, 2023 · 1 share · 428 followers View post →
Tristan A F Long
@thelonglab · X

RT @travismcenery: It's up! Thanks to everyone who helped make this one happen. https://t.co/lR8q77cukT https://t.co/27meJIFyGg

Jun 19, 2023 · 11 shares · 3,104 followers View post →
Dinesh Rao
@dineshraov · X

RT @travismcenery: It's up! Thanks to everyone who helped make this one happen. https://t.co/lR8q77cukT https://t.co/27meJIFyGg

Jun 19, 2023 · 11 shares · 641 followers View post →
Тэ дрэвэт утвикλэрэн
@TeaDrivenDev · X

RT @travismcenery: It's up! Thanks to everyone who helped make this one happen. https://t.co/lR8q77cukT https://t.co/27meJIFyGg

Jun 19, 2023 · 11 shares · 948 followers View post →
TurnFear2Fascination
@Tone_Killick · X

RT @travismcenery: It's up! Thanks to everyone who helped make this one happen. https://t.co/lR8q77cukT https://t.co/27meJIFyGg

Jun 19, 2023 · 11 shares · 4,753 followers View post →
Dr. Catherine Scott (she/they)
@Cataranea · X

Check out the latest video about zebra jumping spiders, featuring @RoesslerDaniela's incredibly cool research on sleep & predation here: https://t.co/680EliOuTT

Jun 19, 2023 · 6 likes · 1 share · 10,969 followers View post →
Trine Daely
@TrineDaely · X

RT @travismcenery: It's up! Thanks to everyone who helped make this one happen. https://t.co/lR8q77cukT https://t.co/27meJIFyGg

Jun 18, 2023 · 11 shares · 2,752 followers View post →
Trine Daely
@TrineDaely · X

The Spiders in Your House - The Zebra Jumper Entertainment and science in one video, come and get it! https://t.co/betWpO0qSv via @YouTube

Jun 18, 2023 · 2,752 followers View post →
P.R.McKelvey (he/they)γ☭
@PRMcKelveyIII · X

Fun video on jumping spiders dropped today. https://t.co/xLtb42gHVH

Jun 17, 2023 · 1 like · 2,189 followers View post →
Amy Poindexter
@AmyPoindexter51 · X

RT @travismcenery: It's up! Thanks to everyone who helped make this one happen. https://t.co/lR8q77cukT https://t.co/27meJIFyGg

Jun 17, 2023 · 11 shares · 670 followers View post →
Amy Poindexter
@AmyPoindexter51 · X

I absolutely adore Travis and his dry, wry sense of humor and serious scholarship. If you're ever curious about spiders in your house, please go watch his videos. https://t.co/dLmFmtxVsV

Jun 17, 2023 · 670 followers View post →
RACHlEBEE
@RACHlEBEE · X

RT @travismcenery: It's up! Thanks to everyone who helped make this one happen. https://t.co/lR8q77cukT https://t.co/27meJIFyGg

Jun 17, 2023 · 11 shares · 1,545 followers View post →
Travis McEnery
@travismcenery · X

It's up! Thanks to everyone who helped make this one happen. https://t.co/lR8q77cukT https://t.co/27meJIFyGg

Jun 17, 2023 · 21 likes · 11 shares · 349 followers View post →
さとうひろし
@satotweethirosi · X

RT @cyclosa_sp: #いきものたちのりくつ 実は今日が最終回です。足掛け3年、途中お休みを入れながら、全部で83回書きました。正直ここまで続くとは思ってなかったです。ありがとうございました。 で、最後のネタは、着地の話。ハエトリグモが糸使って姿勢制御するやつ。元論…

Jul 1, 2022 · 1 share · 787 followers View post →
Kensuke Nakata
@cyclosa_sp · X

#いきものたちのりくつ 実は今日が最終回です。足掛け3年、途中お休みを入れながら、全部で83回書きました。正直ここまで続くとは思ってなかったです。ありがとうございました。 で、最後のネタは、着地の話。ハエトリグモが糸使って姿勢制御するやつ。元論文は、 https://t.co/5EMLPGgOIp

Jun 28, 2022 · 4 likes · 1 share · 1,253 followers View post →
Dr. Erin Brandt
@ArachnoGal · X

https://t.co/9eOBeQR0QR https://t.co/oaygamcDbw https://t.co/WNLOqyP5aB

Mar 15, 2021 · 1 like · 466 followers View post →
Dr. Kyle Anthony Baldwin
@Kyle_A_Baldwin · X

I just poked a jumping spider on my wall, it jumped... and didn't fall! How?! Some kind of horizontal spider gravity? It turns out that jumping spiders use a bit of webbing to tether themselves: https://t.co/Mic5O5ikdB The only thing I'm left asking is... Where did it go?

Sep 18, 2020 · 77 followers View post →
Arachnid Aloft | PDF | Principal Component Analysis | Spider
News

(doi:10.1098/rsif. Biol. Lett. 5, 510–512. (doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0029) Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Arachnida, Araneae, 2013.0572) 6. Dudley R, Yanoviak SP ...

Dec 16, 2025 View →
A New Huriine Genus and Notes On Morphological Characters ...
News

Royal Society Interface, 10 (87), 20130572. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2013.0572. Galiano, M.E. (1963) Las especies americanas de arañas de ...

Apr 5, 2022 View →
Warum Springspinnen seilspringen - wissenschaft.de
News

Kai-Jung Chi (National Chung Hsing University, Taichung) et al: Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, doi: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0572.

Aug 7, 2013 View →