chartier@toot.cafe
chartier@toot.cafe

Hopefully I’m not doxxing myself but I’m fascinated with this phenomena and need y’all’s insight: large spider webs.

What’s difficult to see here is a huge web that is attached to one power/net line from the alley, down to our fence and bush, then *back up to another line*.

Did.. did the spider rappel down from one line, build some shit, then… somehow crawl back up to the other line? Did it glide from one line to the other, then bring two threads down? How does this work?!

Photo looking up from my Chicago backyard. Two power and internet lines cross a couple trees. Markup points out a few barely visible parts of a spider web that is attached to the lines, our fence, and bush.

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axxl@mastodon.social
axxl@mastodon.social

@chartier I think they throw the webs

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axxl@mastodon.social
axxl@mastodon.social

@chartier and let the wind carry them, to be more clear

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linnefaulk@toot.bike
linnefaulk@toot.bike

@chartier Flying spiders.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballooni

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chartier@toot.cafe
chartier@toot.cafe

@linnefaulk TIL there are some questions I SHOULD NOT HAVE ASKED 😨😄

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@chartier I think about this when I am on the top floor of a parking garage or a very tall building, and I see a spider. How many generations of spiders did it take for you to get up here? Did the wind blow you up here? Did you ride up on a car?

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chartier@toot.cafe
chartier@toot.cafe

@xxxx THEY FLY. THEY LEARNED HOW TO FLY. AHHHHHH en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballooni

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