Page 116 - The Miracle in the Spider

116 THE MIRACLE IN THE SPIDER

Water spiders use the surface of the water like a web for hunting, thanks to the
waterproof nature of their feet. Every living thing was created by God to possess
the properties it needs.

While walking on the surface of the water, water-spiders use their
rear legs as rudders. Their middle legs enable them to move, while the job
of the shorter front legs is to catch their prey. Water-spiders move so
quickly that they can suddenly make a leap of a metre on the surface of
the water. This means they move at the speed of a motor-boat.
When hunting, the water-spider uses the surface of the water like a
web. A dragonfly, fly, or butterfly which falls on to the water as the result
of a faulty manoeuvre becomes an ideal prey for this species of spider.
When these insects' wings come into contact with the water, they become
trapped on the surface of the water, as if on fly-paper. The faintest
vibration they make on the surface of the water is then sensed by the
spider. Furthermore, the spider is not only able to establish the prey's
location through these vibrations, but also its size. It immediately goes to