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[fender]

Hello everyone,

Have any of you out there an idea which spider leaves it's prey on a single thread like the one below please?

I discovered several threads like this among wall-growing ivy a few days ago,but saw no sign of the spider.

Phil.

 

[salticus]

Hello everyone,

Have any of you out there an idea which spider leaves it's prey on a single thread like the one below please?

I discovered several threads like this among wall-growing ivy a few days ago,but saw no sign of the spider.

Phil.

Spiders often leave threads of silk as they move about - either over the surface on which they walk or on which they hope to be carried away by air currents (ballooning). Alternatively, maybe they're test lines for webs that never got built.

Sorry, can't give definitive answer. Alan

 

[fender]

Spiders often leave threads of silk as they move about - either over the surface on which they walk or on which they hope to be carried away by air currents (ballooning). Alternatively, maybe they're test lines for webs that never got built.

Sorry, can't give definitive answer. Alan

Hi, thanks for that Alan...i guess that could be the case.

Anyone else got any ideas?

 

[taliesyn]

I would agree with Alan. The flies don't look wrapped so most likely they have just swarmed through there, stuck to the thread of web, and been unable to free themselves.

 

[fender]

I would agree with Alan. The flies don't look wrapped so most likely they have just swarmed through there, stuck to the thread of web, and been unable to free themselves.

Hi, yes i guess that could have happened..just that they seem quite uniformly distributed to me.Thanks for your input.

Phil.