B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for September 17, 2024

The snakes will appreciate that

Right behind ya!

“Who says spiders can f ………………….. We’re moving.

Big deal—baby spiders do that every year. However, their “balloons” aren’t shaped like that—they just reel out a long line into the wind until it picks them up and carries them away from their nest (and away from their fratricidal siblings). One October in Oregon I was riding my bicycle and soon became entangled with a few dozen baby spiders floating along on their longline parachutes. While it was mildly distressing (yes, there were spiders on me, but teeny-weeny baby ones), I didn’t run away screaming like today’s Rose is Rose comic. I had places to go and things to do, so just brushed them off of me and continued cycling.

Well, it gave your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man a few ideas.

Are those spy-ders from China?

Why?

There are however giant Antarctic sea spiders (Decolopoda australis) that are 30 cm across. So don’t go swimming.

It’s always amazing to see how many people are clueless to the world around them.

Yep….no spiders there!!!!

Nobody said it yet? “Spiders have eight legs!”

I remember seeing them in Oklahoma back in 1977. Thousands upon thousands and probably millions upon millions.

Was that one of Charlotte’s kids?

Don’t move, he might grow up to be quite the crime fighter

I once heard that at any given time, you’re never more than 8 feet from a spider.

Air Arachnid, “Flying the breeze to wherever.”

Ballooning spiders covered my my body and uvula while bicycling hard in the boonies. Patooey!

It’s called ballooning. Baby spiders do it to travel.

FooF

Maybe it’s like the balloon from Pearls Before Swine.

If the spiders are leaving, isn’t that a good sign?

Which one is Jim Stafford’s girlfriend?