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A spinneret is a silk-spinning organ of a spider or the larva of an insect. Some adult insects also have spinnerets, such as those borne on the forelegs of Embioptera. Spinnerets are usually on the underside of a spider's opisthosoma, and are typically segmented. While most spiders have six spinnerets, some have two, four, or eight. They can move both independently and in concert.

Evolution
Observations suggesting that there might be silk-producing organs on the feet of the zebra tarantula (Aphonopelma seemanni) led to questions about the origins of spinnerets. It was hypothesised that spinnerets in spiders were originally used as climbing aids on the feet and evolved and were used for webmaking at a later time. File:Argiope bruennichi detail spinneret.JPG|The compact spinnerets of Argiope bruennichi; placed ventrally below the posterior. File:BarnSpiderSpinneret.jpg|A barn spider encases her prey in silk emanating from her spinneret seen in the foreground. File:Spinnerets.jpg|Ventral aspect of spinnerets of spider species with unusually long spinnerets. ==References==
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