id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt news-008712 Spider web research shows promise for noninvasive genetic sampling | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame .html text/html 570 19 49 News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Spider web research shows promise for noninvasive genetic sampling Spider web research shows promise for noninvasive genetic sampling Published: January 12, 2016 Author: Marissa Gebhard and Brittany Collins Black widow spider Using web samples from black widow spiders fed with crickets, researchers at the University of Notre Dame have successfully used DNA samples to identify both the spider and the species of its prey. cache/news-008712.html txt/news-008712.txt