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atlintotslast Monday at 3:51 PM3 repliesview on HN

Aren't spider webs kind of like glue traps


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thaumasioteslast Monday at 5:03 PM

I saw a butterfly get stuck to a web once. It immediately started hurling itself violently away, trying to shake itself free. The spider was not immediately in evidence.

I managed to take the web off it, but not without tearing off the part of the wing that made contact. I assume that in the butterfly's best-case scenario, that would have happened anyway. It was able to fly afterwards.

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ceejayozlast Monday at 4:23 PM

The spider quickly kills the prey. Glue traps don’t.

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loloquwowndueolast Monday at 4:22 PM

No.