Chapter 131: Throwing Yourself into the Net
Dry cobwebs may not be as good at catching, but at least they can last until night.
After the spider has built the ridge beam, a dozen silk threads are added to each quadrant before the central spiral is finally decorated.
This is the most exhilarating part, starting from a branch that holds the dry silk thread in place, jumping from each quadrant to the center, the slower the better, all the while following the direction of the Earth's rotation.
This spider is female, and it doesn't seem to have a name yet, so let's just call her "housekeeper".
Because she never went out to hunt, she always stayed at home and waited patiently for her prey to come to her door.
The housekeeper has a set of self-created ways of weaving nets.
There are no two spider webs in this world, as unique as a human fingerprint.
She also had to tighten the gaps in her carefully woven cobwebs.
When she finished the central net, she looked around her silk thread torture table and visually measured its strength, then she went around the quadrants and swung the net with eight feet to see if it could stand the test.
She had woven the cobwebs so big and dense that they were like lace.
Obviously, the housekeeper still put a lot of effort into the spider web, just because this spider web looks quite conspicuous and strong.
However, since the building materials she uses are dried silk, don't worry about the amount used, otherwise the insects on the Internet will just be resting passers-by......
This breath-holding project can exhaust the housekeeper so much that she has to urgently replenish her food.
It's a vicious circle, because she is hungry because of the web, but she has to borrow the power of the net to eat.
Twenty-four claws lay flat on the main beam, hidden under a leaf, and she waited.
You don't need to rely on her eyes at all, just sniff the sky or use your feet to sense the subtle ripples of the air around you to know if your prey is coming to your door.
All of this is thanks to the cobwebs, and the threads reflect any vibrations.
This tiny vibration is that of a bee flying in a figure-eight circle about half a meter away, guiding its hive companions to the flower-filled flower room.
This light beating is eighty percent dragonflies.
The dragonfly is really delicious, but it's a pity that this one is not flying this way.
Hi! It's a shame that lunch flew away.
The cobwebs shook loudly, indicating that there was another intruder.
It turned out to be another spider who wanted to sit back and enjoy it.
Thief! You have to get rid of this uninvited guest before the prey comes to the door.
Suddenly, the housekeeper felt a fly-like creature flying from the east on her left hind foot.
It seems to fly very slowly......
If it continues to fly in this direction, it should crash directly into the trap of the mother spider's mother-in-law.
Crackle! It just so happened that it hit directly.
It turned out to be a winged female ant.
The housekeeper remembered that when she was young, she was strong and strong-blooded, and scared away a lot of prey that was about to arrive.
She thought that the insects stuck in the cobwebs would never be able to fly again.
However, the chances of success are only half the time.
Time is of the essence.
Hold your breath, the prey that is caught will be in a state of panic.
The supremacy of the spider kingdom is:
There is no better battle strategy than to wait patiently for the opponent to bring about his own destruction.
After a few minutes, the house-keeper approached to see that her captive was a queen ant.
Eastern Empire, the red ant queen of the Red Ant Country.
The housekeeper has heard of these super-complex empires, and it is said that the hundreds of millions of inhabitants in them are interdependent and will not forage for food to survive alone!
What's in it and where exactly is the progress?
Now that she is in control of the entire city-state, it is inevitable that she will be the invader of the future.
She doesn't like ants, and she once witnessed her mother being hunted by a colony of vicious red ants.
The housekeeper stares at her prey and is constantly struggling.
Stupid insects, they never learn that fear is their worst enemy.
The more the winged ant tries to escape, the more the silk thread becomes entangled...... However, the spider began to worry a little about damaging the web.
On the Queen's side, the fluttering struggle had been replaced by anger, but she could barely move.
Because her body is tangled and entangled by filaments, each movement can only make the coiled silk thread layer thicker.
She couldn't believe that she had given away her life so stupidly after going through layers of tests one after another.
She was born in a white cocoon and will die in a white cocoon.
The housekeeper gradually approached, inspecting the injured parts of the wire mesh along the way.
The Queen now has the opportunity to see the large black and orange insect up close, with eight green eyes circling its head.
She had eaten the spider before.
Feng Shui takes turns, and now it's her turn to be someone else's lunch...... The other party spat at her!
As for the housekeeper, she thought that no matter how tightly the bundle was, it would not matter.
Then two terrifying stinging hooks were revealed.
In fact, cobwebs can't kill people, and even if they do, they are slow.
When a spider's web catches a piece of meat that is struggling to escape, the spider does not bite it immediately, but uses a sedative-like poison to stun the prey, and then shakes it awake when it is about to chew twice.
In this way, the prey is kept fresh under the layers of silk threads, and she can also eat fresh meat at any time.
Sometimes, a good meal can be enjoyed for a week.
When the Queen of Ants heard about this way of eating, she shuddered, it was worse than death.
The limbs of the body were slowly eaten one by one, and they were woken up to see a part of themselves ripped off and then fell asleep.
Every time, a part of the torso was missing, until the last moment, when the vital organs were torn apart, and they could finally rest in peace.
Rather kill yourself! In order to escape the tragic scene of death caused by the poisonous hook, the queen began to slow down her heartbeat.
At that moment, a mayfly plunged headlong into the spider's web, and the strength of the silk thread bounced back, and then bound it tightly all over......