Table of Contents
1. Introduction: A fable of the first fire, brought by the water spider from a warm glowing Island to the cold dark world of animal-people
2. An exordium to the cultural delineation of spiders
3. Spiders: The 7th ranked species on planet Earth, coming from the mythological abode of seven earth (or seven heavens)
4. Spider life span: Web-weaving with a wispy thread of silk
5. The tangled equilibrium of predator and prey: The hunter becomes the hunted
6. Evolutionary and ecological impacts of stenophagy in Araneae: Its role in promoting or limiting spider diversity on planet Earth
7. A thumbnail preview of sensuous impression versus sensual expression of the spider
8. Untangling the mystery of the origin and evolution of spiders on the planet Earth
9. Evolutionary repertoire on silk spinning by spiders: Origin and microevolution of spinnerets and role of the spidroin gene family
10. Adaptation and evolutionary changes of spiders on planet Earth against the backdrop of geological time
11. Impact of environmental parameters on the biodiversity, web formation, and niche properties of spiders
12. Shifting of environmental factors related to ecophysiological and adaptive responses of spiders
13. Biomonitoring of environmental pollution using spiderwebs
14. Effect of climate change and natural disasters: Microevolution of spiders with aggressive behavioral traits