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dr_dshivlast Monday at 8:23 AM5 repliesview on HN

Spiders are super solitary creatures. I wonder, though, if they could become social.


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sphlast Monday at 8:30 AM

You might enjoy the book Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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emmelaichlast Monday at 10:52 AM

Not sure if you'd count it as social, but the dancing spiders certainly put effort into courtship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qkzwG2lLPc Peacock spiders, dance for your life! - BBC

gus_massalast Monday at 3:09 PM

I've seen old brick wall with a lot of funnel of spiders. (I'm not sure it's the exact same specie of spider.) They were close, but not in contact of each other IIRC. I guess when there is not enough room they get use to have neighbors and then evolution makes them less grumpy.

albedoalast Monday at 8:26 AM

There are hundreds of species of social spiders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_spider

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tim333last Monday at 1:11 PM

There's youtube of: The Process of Making Friends With a Tiny Spider https://youtu.be/i6ucE1cfzmE