The discovery suggests that orb-shaped web spinning spiders existed far earlier than had been previously thought, at a time before flowering plants appeared on the planet and triggered an explosion in flying insects.
Kind of a waste of time to set up a net and wait for insects before insects became a plentiful dinner item, don't you think?
25 posted on 11/20/2009 9:49:35 AM PST by GodGunsGuts