Organism
Spiders
TL;DR
Among the very first animals to arrive at the Mount St.
Among the very first animals to arrive at the Mount St. Helens blast zone within days of the eruption. Wind-blown spiders arrived and began spinning webs in the lifeless ash, representing the earliest animal colonizers of the devastated landscape.
Notable Traits of Spiders
- Wind dispersal
- Early colonizer
- Arrived within days of eruption