![]() Spiders can fly-or at least some of them can. They will strum a web for hours until they find just the right note to lure down their eight-legged meal-dinner and a show. They specialize in learning the prey frequency that will get the attention of another spider. Other spiders, like Portia fimbriata hunt their own kind. Playing a good tune can mean the difference between passing on his genes and becoming a snack. In some species the male will announce his intentions by plucking the female’s web to serenade her. Lady spiders also have to be able to tell the difference between dinner and a gentleman caller. The only difference here is that the guy on the other end has to die.īut it’s not just all about hunting and killing. It’s sort of like when you were a kid and you attached strings to cans to talk to your buddy. If a bug so much as brushes an antenna against one of the stones, the corolla spider will feel it transmitted down her lines and pounce. Quartz is unique in that it passes on vibrations with hardly any loss. So they surround their hole with quartz crystals and attach a thin filament of webbing to each one. They live in the desert, where webs don’t last long against the sun, wind, and sand. The Corolla spider in particular has a unique way of rigging up a listening post. If an insect crosses over it, they can feel the vibrations and leap out of hiding to attack. Some ground-dwelling spiders even set up their webbing to act as an alarm system. Their web is like a giant harp, whose plucked strings sing of terrified moths and doomed ants. So to know whether a bug is trapped in the web, or whether it’s just a carelessly flicked cigarette butt, spiders have to be able to read the different types of vibrations. But for the most part, arachnids have poor eyesight. Webs are used to catch bugs-that’s like Spiders 101. Spiders have some pretty mind-blowing skills and abilities. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t fascinating all the same. Spiders are freaking terrifying! Yes, it’s scientifically proven that arachnids are creepy abominations, and if one should happen to sit down beside you while you’re eating your curds and whey, no one would judge you if you screamed. ![]()
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