Are spiders webs and the cobwebs you’d see in old abandoned places different things? How are cobwebs formed?

Question

Are spiders webs and the cobwebs you’d see in old abandoned places different things? How are cobwebs formed?

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

Cobwebs are abandoned spiderwebs.

Spiders spend a lot of time maintaining their webs to keep them functional, it doesn’t take that long for a spider web to gather dust and loose it’s stickiness and function as a trap for the spider’s food.