A team of researchers of the American Museum of Natural History reports the discovery of a Cretaceous-era spider web encased in amber along with some captured insects.

The amber, found in Spain, preserved 26 strands of silk; many of them connected to one another.

Glue droplets are visible on the web and prey includes a fly, a mite, a beetle and a wasp.

The amber was dated to about 110 million years ago and is the oldest known example of a web with trapped insects, according to Grimaldi.

This finding confirms that spiders and complex, sticky webs date back early enough to have affected the evolution of the most diverse groups of flying insects, the researchers said.

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