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Near our home on Lake Ontario, we often find spider websm that have a horizontal line at the top, without supporting lines. How does a spider spin a web line parallel to the ground? we cannot find any 'construction' lines to enable this. Thank you, Stephanie


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See the Golden Guide to Spiders for a very clear explanation of how spiders go about constructing their webs.

J. Elliott


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