spinneret

…the insect emerge from the spinneret, a single exit tube in the head, hardening upon exposure to air and forming twin filaments composed of fibroin, a protein material. A second pair of glands secretes sericin, a gummy substance that cements the two filaments together. Because an emerging moth would break…

…which is located a tubular spinneret through which silk is extruded. Each of the three thoracic segments bears a pair of short segmented legs. The remaining 10 segments constitute the abdomen. Abdominal segments 3 through 6 and segment 10 bear a pair of fleshy appendages called prolegs, which may be…

The movable spinnerets, which consist of telescoping projections, are modified appendages. Two pairs are from the 10th body segment and two pairs from the 11th. Liphistius, of the suborder Mesothelae, is the only spider with a full complement of four pairs of spinnerets in the adult. Most…