Turahalli Forest – social spiders in action

Was amazed to by chance witness social spiders having their morning breakfast…

Whereas most spiders are solitary and even aggressive toward other members of their own species, some hundreds of species in several families show a tendency to live in groups, often referred to as colonies

~ wiki

Look at how many of them come out… wow to their coordination 🙂

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