Page 16 - Spider (Garden Minibeasts Up Close)

Orb weavers

Different spiders make

different kinds of webs.
Orb webs are deadly traps

for flying insects such as 1

flies. Many garden spiders They often start by spinning
use their silk to weave a “dragline” that blows out

beautiful orb webs. on the breeze.

2 3

When the dragline catches The spider attaches another line
on something the spider to the middle. Then it drops down
spins a second line. and pulls the web into a Y-shape.

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