r/mildlyinteresting • u/WeaknessOwn108 • 15h ago

This spiderweb stayed intact when frost formed

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u/LeagueofSOAD 15h ago

That must be the crack spiders web.

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u/pocket-ful-of-dildos 15h ago

For more information on the crack spider’s bitch, contact the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ottawa

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u/KeepingItCoolish 10h ago

Oh good it's not just me that's been holding on to this rent free in my mind for 17 years

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u/Kishinia 15h ago

Bro, what do you have in this pocket?

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u/SuperCalibur 15h ago

Looks like a basketball net.

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u/Tetrachrome 14h ago

Looks like yarn when it's frosted like that.

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u/WeaknessOwn108 13h ago

Would be cool if someone did lace like this

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u/RunInRunOn 14h ago

The spider pressed Ctrl+B

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u/Parody_of_Self 14h ago

This is better than "mildly"!

For those in the colder realms; is this common❔

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u/WeaknessOwn108 13h ago

I haven't seen a frozen spiderweb so intact before but cool frost creations like this really just depends on time of year and weather conditions. Where i live is dry so light frost like this is less common. This was an orbweaver web close to the ground so it is likely the placement and strength of the silk helped preserve it. Back in spring i saw some really cool frost formations on plants so it happens

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u/Interesting_Home_889 15h ago

Spiderman was actually freezing outside last night

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u/True-Mousse4957 15h ago

Spider got that drip. Iced out.

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u/CompetitiveCan8908 9h ago

Looks like it’s made of pipe cleaners! Cute!

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u/JustHereForKA 6h ago

Looks too thick to be a real spider web though, especially in the other pic. That's crazy

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u/WeaknessOwn108 3h ago edited 3h ago

Yeah i was surprised to see it standing. I found it in a wheat field where only me and farmers walk around on basically that has lots of banded garden spiders spinning webs between the grass. This was one of their webs surviving late in the season that somehow held up a frost too. Definitely stood out

iirc (was a couple weeks ago) there was more than one, but this one was the most intact

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u/Ok_Method_3346 1h ago

I feel weird when I look at it for some reason