I didn’t realize I was tossing her such a large mealworm until it was already in the web. At first I worried she was too small to handle it. Turns out I was very wrong. Orb weavers don’t eat prey the way most animals do. After biting and wrapping it in silk, they inject digestive enzymes and slowly drink the liquefied nutrients over time. Large prey can last for hours or even days. Earlier today she had taken down her web but left the mealworm hanging from a single anchor line like leftovers in