Slingshot Spider Ready to Launch Its Web (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Slingshot Spider Ready to Launch Its Web

Caption

A slingshot spider is ready to launch its cone-shaped web at a flying insect. To do so, the spider will release a bundle of silk, allowing the tension line to release and catapult both the spider and the web.

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Lawrence E. Reeves

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