Both were interested in the idea of making a textile piece from silk of the golden orb spider.

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Mister Godley and Mister Peers hope the tapestry will help protect the golden orb spider and bring attention to the needy country of Madagascar.

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The tapestry was woven with silk provided by the golden orb spider.

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The orb weaver spider Meta bourneti was found in the vaults of the Egyptian Avenue of the cemetery in Islington.

BBC: Meta bourneti spider

So one shot, it appears, is all that a male orb-weaving spider gets.

ECONOMIST: Why self-sacrifice makes perfect sense for spiders

Their 70, 000-gene chromosomes have been manipulated to include a gene from the orb weaver, a palm-size spider that spins the world's toughest natural material.

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