John Wyndham&#x27;s SF novel &#x27;Web&#x27; (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Web_(novel)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Web_(novel)</a>) was an interesting exploration of spider cooperation - uncannily close to the observations detailed in this article, but written in the 1960s!