" The secret that allows spiders to cling to walls and ceilings has been revealed by Scientists , " says The Time of London.
A spider has eight feet.
At the end of every one is a clump of minute hairs, each of which is covered with even smaller hairs called setules.
The adhesive force on the tips of the spider's 624,000 setules is so strong that a spider can carry about 170 times
it's own body weight while clinging to a wall or a ceiling.

Useing a scanning electron microscope , researchers in Germany and Switzerland studied the foot of the jumping spider.
The findings , explains The Times , suggest that..
" It should be possible to use similar techniques to make new,
super - strong adhesives and glues " that " would not be affected by moisture . "

The research team leader , Professor Antonia Kesel , added:
" You could also imagine astronauts useing spacesuits that help them stick to the walls of a spacecraft."