Oooh that's how they take off! One time I was on a high mountain and there were so many tiny spiders floating above they made a glittering halo around the sun.

Oooh that's how they take off! One time I was on a high mountain and there were so many tiny spiders floating above they made a glittering halo around the sun. I still wonder how they get so high though. Shouldn't the charge diffuse as they lose their connection to the ground?