Eli5 how do spiders span such large distances with their webs

Question

Out a walk this morning and saw a web that could be 3ft square and the spider is the size of a penny. Do they jump?

In: 254

Answer 1

Wind power my dude. Think about it. How else would they? Not being a jerk, I mean you can reason this out without actually knowing for sure. If you had to cross a 30 foot wide canyon and all you had was a sticky rope, there’s only so many way to get the rope across