spider web net

spider web net
formed by a New Guinea spider. A long piece of bamboo is bent over at the end to form a loop and placed in an area where the spiders are common. The spiders spin their web over this loop. The resulting net can be used to scoop up fish of about one pound in weight

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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