Rich Hampel wrote:
Winter is the solution to dock spiders !!!!
As autumn is quickly approaching the northern hemisphere .... just wait
until the atmospheric conditions are right and watch for the arrival of
the 'parachute spiders' who essentially travel around the world on
their silk parachutes. On the Chesapeake Bay when the atmospherics
are 'just right' (September & October) the GOSSAMER that collects in
the rigging from these parachute spiders is sometimes 'spectacular'.
info: http://homepage2.nifty.com/singingsa..._gossamer.html

This is common, though not all the way from Japan. In Chicago,
skyscraper window cleaners and exterior maintenance folks routinely are
bitten by spiders flying from Michigan, over the lake, at least 30
miles...

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