“Let it out?” You mean let it out of this terrible life, right? That’s the real sarcasm part right? You were about to squash it, right? I’m trying to sleep at night, man!
It may be scary, but they’re okay! I actually felt bad and looked up if they could get fall damage, but most bugs are so light that it doesn’t do anything to them. Let 'em fly!
The depicted spider is a cellar spider btw., they are known to attack and eat redback spiders, huntsman spiders and house spiders. This is the anti-spider spider, the traitorous black legger.
We had a problem with ants this summer and leaving the apartment for a week to return to a spider haven was the best thing we could have done. The spiders took care of them. We are still finding eaten shells of ants wrapped in spider webs. Thank you little leggys
Spiders (and other small animals) are in fact fine with falls many times the height of their own body, because of the difference in how quickly volume (and therefore mass) and surface area (and therefore air resistance) are scaling. On the other hand, the larger they are, the harder they fall
I believe you’re referring to Terminal Velocity
Small animals bounce, medium animals break, big animals splash
(FYI, do not look up examples)
A spider can literally float if it farts out some silk.
A horse becomes soup.
But soup can float in a way, so that’s the same
Soup … does not float.
Oh no, not again
