World's BIGGEST spiderweb!

[Che Guava]

..and the spiders shall inherit the earth...!

Texan spiders spin 'monster web'


An enormous spider web has been found at Lake Tawakoni State Park, Texas, US.

It is not the work of one giant spider - rather, millions of small ones have been spinning away and now it is twice the size of a football field.

Park rangers are not sure why the spiders have joined forces - they describe it as a rare occurrence.

Texas A&M University entomologist Professor John Jackman told Associated Press that there were reports of similar webs every couple of years.

The web covers a 180m (650ft) stretch of trees and shrubs in the park.

Although it was initially described as "fairy-tale" white, it has turned brown from all the mosquitoes caught in its trap.

Experts say the web is either the work of social cobweb spiders that work together, or it has been created by spiders spreading out from a central point.

The park superintendent, Donna Garde, has invited arachnid and insect specialists to the park to study it first-hand.

Rangers said they expected the web to last until the autumn, when the spiders will start dying off.

 

[Truronian]

Silk steel armour here we come!

 

[Mirc]

God, that is huge!! But is it of any use? I mean, will any insect not see that and get trapped in there? Although with that size, I think it could even catch birds.

 

[Love]

OMFG thats huge !

 

[Ansar]

Looks like Spiderman was having a party

 

[Kozmos]

As long as they are killing mosquitoes they can make a web the size of the Grand Canyon.

 

[skadistic]

The coolest part is that it seams like several spyders are working together and even different types of spyders. Now I'm sure this is mostly due in part to the wet weather. But this could lead to a social evolution in spyders if they learn that cooperation produces a net benefits. Other insects have learned to work together.

 

[echinococcus]

Sounds like the perfect place to take me for torturing.

 

[Gilder]

So long as they don't want to suck out my insides.

 

[b etor]

that's awesome! i love spiders.

 

[puglover]

All that's missing is Shelob!

 

[BEHIND_THE_MASK]

Ah Hell...

I saw this movie...

We go in to study the web, but while we are looking up into it one of the bastards pops out of the ground and drags us in.

 

[Catharsis]

Ah, soon we will have another worldwide web.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

looks like everything is bigger in texas.

link, btw?

 

[EdwardTking]

An enormous spider web has been found at Lake Tawakoni State Park, Texas, US.

It is not the work of one giant spider - rather, millions of small ones have been spinning away and now it is twice the size of a football field.

Ah ha; communism has finally infiltrated Texas.

 

[Japanrocks12]

spiders today bite off more than they can chew

 

[Pasi Nurminen]

Give me a flamethrower and thirty seconds.

 

[Hitti-Litti]

You should hope that you won't be drunk in that area, claiming that you have the guts to climb that tree and jump off it. Especially if the web is very sticky.

Arachnophobia vol.2!

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

This is obviously just the first step in a devious plot by spiders to build a web large enough to ensare the entire human population.

 

[Luckymoose]

At least it didn't turn up near a army research base.