Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Trending News

Promoted
Joya
Lv 5
Joya asked in Science & MathematicsZoology · 2 decades ago

How does a spider "figure out" on what plane to construct the web?

Most webs lie in a vertical plane, or slightly diagonal in relation to the ground underneath it. Why not horizontal? Is the spider capable of detecting gravity? Wind currents?

4 Answers

Relevance
  • smathew
    2 decades ago

    It tries to find out the most probable path of the preys . The plane is defined by the shortest distance between the anchor points

  • peppermint_paddy
    Lv 7
    2 decades ago

    Of course a spider can detect gravity, he knows if he is falling.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    Vertical webs catch much less garbage such as leaves

  • simsjk
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago

    They use laptops and gps technology.

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.