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Old 10-16-2006, 12:29 PM   #1
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October 16, 2006: Heavy dew on spiderweb



"Damn, I love these pictures," says xoxoxoBruce sending along these from Weather Underground. "Me too," is all I can say in return.



The spiders I know weave new webs daily; they're remarkably hard workers, and so there's probably not much lost by this guy as he's not going to catch much at this point.



And I think I've heard they eat the old webs in some cases. This guy may not be able to do that. Or maybe he's so small he can wipe down a bit of dew.
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Old 10-16-2006, 12:40 PM   #2
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Spider chandeliers.

Beautiful.
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Old 10-16-2006, 12:52 PM   #3
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Stunning.

Another fine IOTD!

Just think what one of these suckers could do!
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Old 10-16-2006, 01:33 PM   #4
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That reminds me, I've got to get those Christmas lights up before it gets too cold out.
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Old 10-16-2006, 03:13 PM   #5
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Eight leg bling.
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Old 10-16-2006, 03:16 PM   #6
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Wow. Nice.
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Old 10-16-2006, 03:23 PM   #7
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Do the Dew
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Old 10-16-2006, 03:38 PM   #8
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Stunning.

I am trying to get over my phobia of spiders as they are very helpful creatures to have around and they cannot help it if they were born with, like, what?-20 eyes?
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Old 10-16-2006, 05:56 PM   #9
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Eight eyes is most common, but there is some variation.

How spiders see the world
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Old 10-16-2006, 06:25 PM   #10
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Thanks for the link, Tanalia. Very interesting...but, still, creeps me out, all those eyes.
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Old 10-16-2006, 06:47 PM   #11
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Thats really pretty for something so ugly. I hate spiders.
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Old 10-16-2006, 07:06 PM   #12
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Old 10-16-2006, 08:03 PM   #13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Undertoad


... they're remarkably hard workers, and so there's probably not much lost by this guy as he's not going to catch much at this point....This guy may not be able to do that. Or maybe he's so small he can wipe down a bit of dew.
Umm. It's no guy. You mean she.

Agreed that these webs are magnificent.
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Old 10-16-2006, 09:19 PM   #14
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How d'ya tell the difference, aj?
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Old 10-17-2006, 01:48 AM   #15
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*&^$#$#(($$##W(@ Dew!!! I'm hungry!!

It probably evaporates rapidly dew to very large surface areas on small drops, the moment the dew point rises. Be interesting to see.
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