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In March 2013, there were enormous floods in the country of Australia. The Murrumbidgee river rose to about 33 feet flooding large areas near and around Wagga Wagga. Like the humans, the spiders fled the flooded rivers and moved inland to escape the floods. To understand how and why they did this, you need to know a little more about the spider. This particular spider is part of the Linyphiidae family of spiders and can be about 1/2 long. This species of spider actually releases strings of silk that it normally uses for webs in an attempt to escape when it senses danger. Releasing the silk allows the spider to actually catch the wind and lift the spider to safety. The process is called ballooning and spiders can use this to disperse in dangerous situations. Since they are blown by the wind, you can get large numbers of the spider in a single location and in this situation they were EVERYWHERE! How wild is that?
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:01:22 +0000

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