Dragline

Often something that seems

to come out of nowhere

triggers unforeseen consequences.

For spiders,

this event was the appearance

of major ampullate silk,

or dragline  silk, – the rappelling rope

spiders depend on

as they plunge through the air.

It is one of the toughest materials on earth …

from page 56 of ‘Spider Silk’ by Leslie Brunetta and Catherine L. Craig