#Wildlife Just watched a spider eat its own web in less than a minute

Spider web on the Dahlia

After the web loses its stickiness (probably because of the water on the plant) it becomes ineffective in trapping its prey, so the spider eats the web to recoup the energy it spent on spinning the web

What a beautiful day for acrobatics such as this!

(I wish I took a video) ... 
... the spider starts eating in a certain pattern ...

Half way through the web ...

Very strategic in its approach!

It is almost done ...

Just enough web left to get back to the Dahlia leaf

Now, I could spend all day with this spider, but it is time for me to make my own rainbow ☺

Have a great sunshine weekend friends ☺