I'm pretty sure it's generally 1 spider per web, and I thought blackwidows (assuming they are still alive) take down the webs when done. So presumably you have

I'm pretty sure it's generally 1 spider per web, and I thought blackwidows (assuming they are still alive) take down the webs when done. So presumably you have quite a few spiders. In any case here's a discussion of said paper. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/death-trap-or-fortress-the-two-web-designs-of-black-widow-spiders#:~:text=She%20found%20that%20the%20starving,network%20of%20non%2Dstick%20strands https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/death-tra....