How Does A Spider Spin A Web Between Two Trees?

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If you look up in a tree, you might see a spider web that spans a distance of several feet or more. How is the spider able to reach between this distance? How do they do that?
LINK: The Presurfer

First ever sighting of a White Lady Spider - Animal Camera - BBC

Fascinating short video charting the extraordinary journey of a male White Lady Spider as it travels across the featureless desert in the dead of night. Brilliant footage from the BBC Animal Camera team. Narrated by Steve Leonard. LINK: Youtube

Wired's robotic spider gallery

Wired.com has a fun gallery of robotic spiders and critters. This one, created by Stanford mechanical engineer Sangbae Kim, was based on a cockroach. It has an aluminum chassis, an electronic motor, and a power-transmission system that allows it to move up to about seven and a half feet per second. Via: Boingboing

Big and Scary LEGO Spider

Jason Ruff, who goes by the name Doctor Mobius built this huge spider from LEGO bricks! The creation he calls “Big Hairy Spider” was built for the Battlebugs Creepy Crawlers challenge.

Link – Via: atcrux, Via: Neatorama

See more LEGO creepy-crawlies in the Flickr group Lego Battle Bugs.

Scary Spider Stands Up!

If you love spiders, this is a must see! If you hate spiders, this is a must see! After video, they placed the creature outside in the grass. LINK: Youtube

Peacock Spider

This is a kind of jumping spider, and it’s only about 5mm in size. The males have a colorful pattern on flaps that extend from their abdomen during breeding/mating. In addition to this, they raise their back pair of legs and dance from side to side to win over their plain brown females.

Only found in Australia, they were classified as species Maratus volans because people originally thought the flap was for gliding after jumping. Wiki

Link, Via: Neatorama

Spider Kills Bat

Care to wager on who wins in a spider vs. bat matchup? Before you place your bet, see what happens when a bat meets an orb spider in Belize. LINK: Youtube

Downhill racer

Scientists know about three spiders that roll, rather than walk, down sand dunes. Now they’ve found one that propels itself with handsprings.

The palm-size arachnid gets a running start and flings itself into a continuous cartwheel, which can move it along at almost 5 mph. LINK

La Princesse In Liverpool

As part of Liverpool's Capital of Culture year, the French group La Machine were commissioned to create a large piece of street theatre. Many were expecting to see something using the iconic Liverbirds, the symbol of the city, but instead they got a spider.

The event drew in over 200,000 people in the few days it was on and produced something wondrous that got everyone in the region talking.

related: Attack Of The Steampunk Spider Princess. LINK

Five Freaky Creatures - 5) Skull Back Spider

The bloated abdomen of the sickly white crab spider bears an uncanny resemblance to a human skull. LINK

"Spider Sculptures Created from Scissors"

Christopher Locke of Heartless Machines created this spider sculptures using scissors confiscated by the Transportation Security Administration from travelers at the airport. These sculptures can be purchased for around $150 if you are interested. LINK Via: Hemmy.net