Spiders

mrfpb

A couple of times recently I've cycled home of a dark evening. As I make my way and occasionally glance downwards I see an ever growing spiders web across my gear/brake cables in front of my lights.

How do the little buggers do it?

You have to admire them, as especially in late summer/early autumn it's a great way to catch the midges that are the bane of my rides.

homers_double

Do you have a wing mirror on your bike?

chris_bass

i've seen this too but i think it is either cycling through cobwebs or them blowing through the air.

iPete

it's call ballooning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballooning_(spider)

mrb123

I also get these.

I assume they're a relative of the spiders that live inside my car wing mirrors and spin a nice, neat web between the end of the mirror and the car door every night.

dennisn

iPete wrote:

it's call ballooning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballooning_(spider)

That's good stuff. Weird.