Spiders November 10, 2007

Ok, here’s something that I really would like to know.  I’ve got questions people.  Has anyone else out there noticed that spiders eventually seem to leave their legs behind?  As in – they live in their web for a while…show up every night…and then one night all that’s there is their legs.  I don’t understand what happens.  Does a bigger spider eat them?  Or do they just die and their bodies fall off and leave their legs behind??  You might think I’m crazy, but I’ve observed a LOT of spiders do this over my 30 years of life and I just can’t handle it anymore.  Found another set of legs in a web last night….