Are you seeing spiderwebs flying in the air? Here’s why it happens
By Joseph Neubauer
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Oklahoma (KOCO) — Are you seeing spiderwebs flying in the air or resting on surfaces off the ground? Don’t worry. It’s normal.
Ballooning season has returned to Oklahoma, and you’ll see a lot more of those flying spiderwebs over the next several weeks. KOCO 5 Meteorologist Joseph Neubauer says baby spiders are being born, and their silk and webs are filling the sky.
Ballooning season is when newborn spiders are competing for food with other spiders nearby, and they want to get to a new spot. So, they get up to the highest point they can, produce a web, and fly away to a new spot.
It’s important for spiders to do it when they’re small and young so the webs are easier to fly.
If you look at trees, car antennas, power lines and various poles, you’ll probably see the webs.
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