Lazy, or ambitious
Normal spiders produce webs in intricate and/or interesting patterns, with the intention of catching their food. Those I can understand. What bugs me is the spider that’s like “I have to string 20 ft. of web. I think I’ll just make one looooooong strand, and attach it at either end… right about at human eye level”
I can’t figure out whether they’re too lazy to go through the effort of making a more complicated web, or they’re trying to snare people walking down the sidewalk.
I know very little about spiders, so perhaps someone else can enlighten me?
September 25th, 2004 at 3:07 pm
I don’t know, but they do both patterns on my porch. I just walked into one of those strands a little while ago. I think their eyes are getting bigger than their stomachs.
December 30th, 2004 at 8:27 pm
I think the spiders do that so they have more of a chance to get bugs. more space, the better chances they have………….
October 1st, 2005 at 3:33 am
I belive what they do is anchor themselves to the branch they are on, then leap off, with the intention of letting the wind carry them to a new destination. The web is there so they don’t plummet to their deaths.