microrobert
03-13-2012, 06:23 AM
Web wonders: spiders spin for their lives as floodwaters rise
As people are evacuated from their flood-stricken homes in NSW, one resident is staying put - the spider.
The fields surrounding flood-stricken areas of NSW have been covered in the webs of a type of ground-dwelling wolf spider, says the collection manager of arachnids at the Queensland Museum, Dr Owen Seeman.
http://images.smh.com.au/2012/03/07/3104319/art-wagga-20web2-420x0.jpg
In an attempt to escape rising waters, the spiders climb blades of grass and let out hundreds of metres of silk in the hope a gust of wind will catch the web and transport them to safety, he said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/web-wonders-spiders-spin-for-their-lives-as-floodwaters-rise-20120307-1ujov.html#ixzz1oyXBBx3s
As people are evacuated from their flood-stricken homes in NSW, one resident is staying put - the spider.
The fields surrounding flood-stricken areas of NSW have been covered in the webs of a type of ground-dwelling wolf spider, says the collection manager of arachnids at the Queensland Museum, Dr Owen Seeman.
http://images.smh.com.au/2012/03/07/3104319/art-wagga-20web2-420x0.jpg
In an attempt to escape rising waters, the spiders climb blades of grass and let out hundreds of metres of silk in the hope a gust of wind will catch the web and transport them to safety, he said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/web-wonders-spiders-spin-for-their-lives-as-floodwaters-rise-20120307-1ujov.html#ixzz1oyXBBx3s