fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 days agoelectrostatic spider flightmander.xyzimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1186arrow-down1imageelectrostatic spider flightmander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-text
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-electric-flight-of-spiders/564437/ https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/05/ballooning-spiders-take-flight-earth-electric-fields https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-021-01474-6
minus-squareVupware@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·17 days agoHasn’t this been known for some time? Perhaps I’m confusing these spiders with ones that simply form wind sails.
Hasn’t this been known for some time? Perhaps I’m confusing these spiders with ones that simply form wind sails.