• Question: how long does it take a spider to spin a web?

    Asked by jessc to Charlotte, Jo, Kevin, Louise, Valeria on 19 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Kevin Mahon

      Kevin Mahon answered on 19 Jun 2012:

      The standard elaborate web for catching insects (orb web) takes about an hour or so to be made!

    • Photo: Joanna Cruden

      Joanna Cruden answered on 19 Jun 2012:

      The Darwin Bark Spider of Madagascar spins a web which can stretch for over 80 foot across a river but I could not see how long it took them!

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