Eli5 how do spiders span such large distances with their webs

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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?

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Highjacking the thread to ask of anyone knows how exactly spiders use small stones as counterwights? We have (at least) one spider who builds a web on the side of our house like that. With the stone just hanging there in mid air.

I’ve walked into it quite a few times since it is almost invisible. Forcing it to rebuild over and over 🙁

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