Early Morning Necklaces
Early morning cobwebs – Queens Sedge Moor, Nr Glastonbury, Somerset, UK. ID BR54742
Misty morning down on the Somerset Levels near Glastonbury.
Queens Sedge Moor – Nr Glastonbury, Somerset, UK. ID BR54790
Across the moor the cobwebs caught the morning dew. Creating early morning necklaces.
Early morning cobwebs – Queens Sedge Moor, Nr Glastonbury, Somerset, UK. ID BR54720
Science Bit
Pearly drops of water on these silken threads is something we take for granted. But this only happens because of the thousand of tiny knots created by the spiders. Water slides down the smooth threads until they are caught by the surface tension at a knot.
Anyway they look beautiful.
Early morning cobwebs – Queens Sedge Moor, Nr Glastonbury, Somerset, UK. ID BR54768
Read more: https://www.nature.com/articles/news.2010.47
