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		User23 on Aug 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insec... No shortage of lightning bugs here either. The only thing killing them is the spiders.

jungletime on Aug 7, 2020 [–]

You should definitely film that. I bet there are thousands of people that would watch a "firefly vs spider" death match on youtube.

User23 on Aug 8, 2020 | [–]

So far I've only discovered the aftermath, drained husks hanging in a web. If I can catch a spider in the act though that would be great and I'd definitely film it.

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