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by hermitcrab 254 days ago
Spider ballooning is an interesting phenomena. I also assumed that the spider is just falling a bit slower than the air is rising, due to convection. However some people think there is also a strong electrostatic component to spider ballooning. I'm not sure how that works once the spider is well clear of the ground though.
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>I'm not sure how that works once the spider is well clear of the ground though.

Apparently the electric field is till quite strong some way from the surface.