Saturnian Kite

The Saturnian Kite is a non-sapient species from Saturn.

Biology
Kites are insectivorous creatures with eight legs united by a membrane, like a flying squirrel's patagium. They spin a web-like filament, which they anchor to the ground with a powerful adhesive secretion. After that, the Kite allows its body to be carried by the wind and spreads its membranes wide to capture swarms of insect-like creatures that it feeds upon. Its web-like thread is thinner than piano wire, but has almost twice as much tensile strength.

Appearances

 * "Trouble on Titan", by Arthur K. Barnes (1941)