Amravati: Is a delicate spider web robust enough to entice a bird, 100 instances larger that the spider? In the first report of this in India, a bird, more than likely of Warbler or Prinia circle of relatives, in the community referred to as Dev Chimni (God Sparrow), was once noticed stuck in a spider web, with a Giant Wood Spider (Nephila pelipes) sucking at it.
This rare sighting was once recorded via SS Aakewar, a drill trainer at Forest Training Institute (FTI), Chikhaldara, and YS Bhale, director of FTI, all the way through their 19km trek from Kuwapati camp, between Kuwapati and Bichhukheda forest. “We noticed the web close to Kargolai camp, about two-and-a-half-km from Semadoh,” an excited Aakewar instructed TOI on telephone on Friday.
“We had been extremely joyful, and surprised, to see a bird trapped in the spider web. We had by no means imagined or read about this earlier,” he stated.
Dr Atul Bodkhe, an expert on spiders, who impressed the forest division to set up India’s first spider museum at Chikhaldara a month in the past, stated that nowhere in India has such an instance been recorded. “There had been sporadic cases in other nations,” he stated.
“The trapped bird was once recent, it will have got trapped there about eight to 10 hours in the past. The Giant Wood Spider was once immobile and sucking at the neck of its prey. The spider web was once close to a water canal, the place there was once a deep trench. The web was once attached to a tectona (saag) tree at one end and other shrubs from the opposite,” Aakewar recalled.
“We foresters have began taking great enjoyment of recording spiders of Melghat not too long ago, thanks to the workshops via Prof Bodkhe. It took us 25 minutes to take footage since it was once against daylight. What surprised us maximum was once that while there was once abundance of those spiders in the camp, we did not spot a unmarried spider or spider web at Tatiballa camp close to Vairat,” he stated.
Prof Rajshekhar Hippargi of Walchand College of Arts and Science, Solapur, who guided probably the most workshops on spiders for forest guards, stated the commentary is ecologically necessary. “It is a rarest match,” he stated, adding that the knowledge the foresters gained at the workshops is helping them make rare observations.
Hippargi stated a huge selection of Giant Wood Spiders are noticed from November to February, and then they disappear. “We need to learn about if their webs adversely impact selection of animals and birds,” he stated. “The spiders makes use of venom and enzymes to kill the prey and digest it,” he stated.
This rare sighting was once recorded via SS Aakewar, a drill trainer at Forest Training Institute (FTI), Chikhaldara, and YS Bhale, director of FTI, all the way through their 19km trek from Kuwapati camp, between Kuwapati and Bichhukheda forest. “We noticed the web close to Kargolai camp, about two-and-a-half-km from Semadoh,” an excited Aakewar instructed TOI on telephone on Friday.
“We had been extremely joyful, and surprised, to see a bird trapped in the spider web. We had by no means imagined or read about this earlier,” he stated.
Dr Atul Bodkhe, an expert on spiders, who impressed the forest division to set up India’s first spider museum at Chikhaldara a month in the past, stated that nowhere in India has such an instance been recorded. “There had been sporadic cases in other nations,” he stated.
“The trapped bird was once recent, it will have got trapped there about eight to 10 hours in the past. The Giant Wood Spider was once immobile and sucking at the neck of its prey. The spider web was once close to a water canal, the place there was once a deep trench. The web was once attached to a tectona (saag) tree at one end and other shrubs from the opposite,” Aakewar recalled.
“We foresters have began taking great enjoyment of recording spiders of Melghat not too long ago, thanks to the workshops via Prof Bodkhe. It took us 25 minutes to take footage since it was once against daylight. What surprised us maximum was once that while there was once abundance of those spiders in the camp, we did not spot a unmarried spider or spider web at Tatiballa camp close to Vairat,” he stated.
Prof Rajshekhar Hippargi of Walchand College of Arts and Science, Solapur, who guided probably the most workshops on spiders for forest guards, stated the commentary is ecologically necessary. “It is a rarest match,” he stated, adding that the knowledge the foresters gained at the workshops is helping them make rare observations.
Hippargi stated a huge selection of Giant Wood Spiders are noticed from November to February, and then they disappear. “We need to learn about if their webs adversely impact selection of animals and birds,” he stated. “The spiders makes use of venom and enzymes to kill the prey and digest it,” he stated.
Melghat foresters record bird caught in spider web
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