Spider action photo! She looks like she’s shaking her web to scare you away. If you were a big predator with poor eyesight, the shaking web might look like another big creature to you and disguise the spider. Long-bodied cellar spiders (“daddy long legs”) do a similar thing. If you have any of them in your house try irritating one a little by touching the web. They do a really fast spinning and shaking thing.
Spider action photo! She looks like she’s shaking her web to scare you away. If you were a big predator with poor eyesight, the shaking web might look like another big creature to you and disguise the spider. Long-bodied cellar spiders (“daddy long legs”) do a similar thing. If you have any of them in your house try irritating one a little by touching the web. They do a really fast spinning and shaking thing.