Several spider species in Oregon engage in ballooning behaviors, but none are as well-adapted to this lifestyle as the Linyphiidae, or sheetweaver spiders. These small-bodied arachnids are known for ...

1 Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland 2 Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United ...