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The primary reason Spiders spin a web is to use as a method of hunting prey. The adhesiveness of the web traps insects and other prey that a spider feeds off of. Some spiders, however, do not spin webs and catch their prey using other means, such as the wolf spider that tends to simply run its prey down.

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