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Old 10-05-2020, 10:46am   #1
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More evidence that 2020 is a living nightmare has been found deep in the forests of Missouri, where arachnids are spinning webs large enough to "catch" humans. Just in time for Halloween, a giant spider web was discovered by the Missouri Department of Conservation's Francis Skalicky off a trail near Springfield.

People began freaking out accordingly after a photo of the web, spun by an orb weaver spider, was posted to Facebook. "Those are the kind that literally 'catch' people if they walk through them at night lol," said Facebook commenter Jennifer Duffy Russell.

Jas T Butler said she would "freak out seeing this". "Knowing there is a spider the size of my hand nearby *shudders*," she said. While the orb-weaver spider is large and hairy, they're generally harmless to humans, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Also known as spotted orb weavers or barn spiders, they mostly eat insects such as moths and crane flies, and also their own webs."Many orb-weavers are nocturnal and have the peculiar habit of eating and rebuilding their webs each day," the conservation department says.

"Webs are built at dusk and used for snaring prey during the night. At dawn, the spider reingests the strands (along with moisture that has collected on it as dew) and recycles the nutrients in making the next web."
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Without a visual reference that size of that web can not be determined
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Had one like that behind our house here a few weeks ago. It was strung between two palm trees probably 10 feet apart. No clue how a spider does that. It was gone a few days later.
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Had one like that behind our house here a few weeks ago. It was strung between two palm trees probably 10 feet apart. No clue how a spider does that. It was gone a few days later.
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First, the material for the bridge thread emerges from one of the spider's specialized silk glands and is formed into a strand by its spinnerets. The loose end is drawn out by gravity or the breeze and allowed to blow in the prevailing wind, a process called kiting or ballooning.
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No pics of spider == thread fail.
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