The most recent article in the post is about 4 years old. I definitely recall learning this a while ago.
Comment on electrostatic spider flight
Vupware@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Hasn’t this been known for some time? Perhaps I’m confusing these spiders with ones that simply form wind sails.
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If you read any of the article OP provided, you’ll see that the common belief that they were simply using the wind was false and they actually use electric currents in the air.
MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Didn’t the baby spiders fly away at the end of Charlottes Web?
Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Yeah, it was chaos on the set just off-camera.