Spiders go ballooning on electric fields

Spiders go ballooning on electric fields

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https://phys.org/news/2018-07-spiders-ballooning-electric-fields.html

However, the fact that ballooning has been observed when there is no wind to speak of, when skies are overcast and even in rainy conditions, begs the question—how do spiders take off with low levels of aerodynamic drag?

Biologists from the University of Bristol believe they have found the answer.