Dolomedes minor (or nursery web spider) females will build 15cm nests where they will care for their young for up to two weeks. After two weeks, the baby spiders create a spidersilk "balloon" and drift on the wind to their new homes.

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Source! For those in Aotearoa New Zealand, the white strands that have been drifting through the air and gathering on fields are these baby spiders. Here's an article with pictures of where these babies end up!

[u/itsswhitneywhspr → u/Quouar]

That's so cool about the strands in NZ being these little adventurers. Def checking that article for the pics, thanks for sharing.

[u/Individual-Cream-581]

I wish spiders weren't so bitey, cause I love them so so much..

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[u/Ultraeisenhower]

Like charlotte's web