2006-07-07 07:58:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Actually it is true. Well not exactly. They dont actually live in the clouds, but have been found there. Young spiders (spiderlings) leave the nest when they are very small. Spiders are all cannibalistic, so its a good idea to get away from your brothers and sisters as soon as you can. The way that spiders disperse from the nest is known as Ballooning. What they do is release a single strand of silk from their spinnerettes. This thread is several hundred times longer than their bodies. This long strand of silk acts like a kite, it gets picked up by wind currents and the spider releases its grip on whatever it was standing on and it is taken away with the wind. They have been found thousands of feet above sea level. there have been documented cases of them being caught on hotair balloons, and on the windshield of planes. So, yes you can find them in the clouds, but they dont necessarily live there, even though many of them do die there unfortunatly.....
I hope that gave you some more insight into this peculiar natural phenomenon! Good Question
2006-07-07 08:09:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
Not clouds in the sky, no. There are spiders who live where it is almost permanently misty and there are several kinds of spider, called gossamer spiders, who spin a kind of parachute and use the wind to travel for hundreds of miles. That might have given rise to the myth that they live in the clouds.
2006-07-07 08:02:33 · answer #2 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, some species of spiderlings hatch out then give out a long thread of silk, it catches the wind and they are dispersed. Its called 'ballooning'.They've been found at amazingly high altitudes but they are at the mercy of the wind till they get back down to earth.
2006-07-07 08:05:35 · answer #3 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was going to tell you that they could be found in the upper atmosphere, not really living there, but Coleoptera 101 has answered this question so well that I really don't need to bother.
2006-07-08 09:14:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think it is true for cloud are not what they seem they are small molecules of water and clouds move and rain
2006-07-07 08:20:46 · answer #5 · answered by sarah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what have you been smoking mate? LOL
No spiders live in clouds.
2006-07-07 09:34:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some species do balloon to high altitudes even as high as the troposphere, with few even having a natural anti-freeze to survive on descent
2006-07-07 08:11:58 · answer #7 · answered by dublinfella27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know this for a fact, but I doubt it. It would be too cold at that altitude for arachnids to survive.
2006-07-07 08:01:18 · answer #8 · answered by Ozone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Web yer been all yer life mate:-(
2006-07-07 08:01:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what the f.u.c.k ive never herd of taht maybe im wrong but it dont sound right
2006-07-07 08:00:33 · answer #10 · answered by steve 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋