The same hummingbird everyday flies in and destroys his web. Same bird, same web. The daddy long legs rebuilds, the next day the bird flies in and tears it up with his wings. Why would a hummingbird behave this way? At last count, I've witnessed this happen 8 times.
2007-03-07 06:31:49 · 7 answers · asked by serenablackthorne 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
No hummingbird lives on sweet nectar drink alone. For hummingbirds, insects and spiders provide fat and protein vital to their survival. So while hummingbirds come to your garden for nectar, they will also take away bellies full of bugs.
The menu for most hummingbirds includes gnats, fruit flies, aphids, mosquitoes, and tiny bees. Spiders are seized and swallowed, too, as are those spider look-a-likes, the daddy-long-legs.
Hummingbirds use spider webs as a source of spider's silk in nest construction, being necessary to bind the nest to the tree branch or other substrate and to hold the nest together. Even so, the hummingbird must be careful when removing the pieces of webbing, for it may become entangled and be trapped there and die.
So I suspect your little hummingbird is either trying to catch a tasty morsel caught in the web or the web maker itself...or it is planning a family. For a good source of information on your hummingbird go to:
http://www.hummingbirdsociety.org/indexnew.asp
Enjoy watching this exquisite creature and if you can-video tape its antics.
2007-03-07 07:14:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find a photo of "Daddy Long-Legs" in an insect book. The one I know of does not spin a web, is not a spider, but an insect with 6 very long legs that are bent when it lands and support a thin torso. It feeds on mosquitos and will flit around your room, mostly by a light or at the ceiling. They make little noise and I always catch them to release them outside. They don't bite and I like having them around. Anything that can reduce the mosquito population is OK in my book!
2007-03-07 07:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by Laydee Y 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hummingbirds use spider webs to build their nest. That one found a good sourse of nesting material. Keep an eye out on tree branches and you might see the nest.
2007-03-07 06:59:36 · answer #3 · answered by Christie D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats really weird seems like the daddy longs legs should move to a new spot poor thing. This is actually the only time I have felt sympathy for a spider
2007-03-07 06:40:17 · answer #4 · answered by sparkle_babi86 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe the bird is trying to eat the spider?
2007-03-07 06:39:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
ok, thats just weird...maybe the bird has rabies...or is just mad at the daddy long leg? maybe it is a blood feud...DESTROY NEST OF ANCIENT ENEMY!!!! i really dont know.
2007-03-07 06:36:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
hey, evil_twin.....birds don't get rabies.
2007-03-07 07:35:35 · answer #7 · answered by AJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋