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The Gladiator spider casts a net to catch its prey
Wiki:
[Early spiders] were probably ground dwelling predators of other primitive arthropods. Silk may have been used simply as a protective covering for the eggs, a lining for a retreat hole, and later perhaps for simple ground sheet web and trapdoor construction.
As plant and insect life diversified so also did the spider's use of silk. Spiders with spinnerets at the end of the abdomen (Mygalomorphae and Araneomorphae) appeared more than 250 million years ago, presumably promoting the development of more elaborate sheet and maze webs for prey capture both on ground and foliage, as well as the development of the safety dragline.
By the Jurassic, the sophisticated aerial webs of the orb weaving spiders had already developed to take advantage of the rapidly diversifying groups of insects
Happy birthday Ant!!!! (Sift Talk Post)
Thanks Ant, for providing always informative/interesting contributions at Bluesnews over the years and more recently Videosift. Not bad for an arthropod.