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--20cf3071cd1cd0c64e04aaf1f1cd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 As I was at my cottage sitting on the deck under a floodlight , I saw a spider hanging down from the light on a single thread about 20cm long. It did not appear to be building a web, and was just hanging there. As I was looking at it wondering if it was going to drop on my head, a moth collided with the thread about halfway along, pushing the thread which rode up until the spider contacted the moth from underneath. The moth continued to fly, but now with the spider attached to it, I could see the spider's legs wrapped around the moths body, sticking into the air above the moth. As the moth continued to fly, the spider thread broke, and they flew into the dark, the spider legs easily visible above the moths body. The moth was a medium size, about the size of a Rosy Maple Moth, and the spider body was the size of a pea. I wonder if this is this species of spider's normal method of hunting ? The thread did not appear to be sticky, since the moth slid easily along it. -- Rick Ballard Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.ideaphore.com --20cf3071cd1cd0c64e04aaf1f1cd Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As I was at my cottage sitting on the deck under a floodlight , I saw a spi= der hanging down from the light on a single thread about 20cm long. It did = not appear to be building a web, and was just hanging there. As I was looki= ng at it wondering if it was going to drop on my head, a moth collided with= the thread about halfway along, pushing the thread which rode up until the= spider contacted the moth from underneath. The moth continued to fly, but = now with the spider attached to it, I could see the spider's legs wrapp= ed around the moths body, sticking into the air above the moth. As the moth= continued to fly, the spider thread broke, and they flew into the dark, th= e spider legs easily visible above the moths body. The moth was a medium si= ze, about the size of a Rosy Maple Moth, and the spider body was the size o= f a pea. I wonder if this is this species of spider's normal method of = hunting ? The thread did not appear to be sticky, since the moth slid easil= y along it.<br> -- <br>Rick Ballard <br>Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada <br><a href=3D"http:/= /www.ideaphore.com">http://www.ideaphore.com</a><br> --20cf3071cd1cd0c64e04aaf1f1cd--
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