Nancetta
03-12-2012, 10:30 PM
The surrounding areas of agricultural city Wagga Wagga were transformed into fields of woven silk by millions of spiders.
As thousands of civilians began fleeing their homes across flood-hit Australia, the busy spiders started weaving an intricate network of webs in a bid to survive the rising tides.
Owen Seeman, arachnid expert at Queensland Museum, explained the phenomenon, saying: 'What we've seen here is a type of wolf spider.
'They are trying to hide away [from the waters].'
The spiders appeared to have covered everything in sight as they weaved their way to higher ground during the severe flooding.
Insect expert Graham Milledge told Australian website News that the spiders' behaviour was known as ballooning.
'They often do it as a way of dispersing and getting into a new area,' he said. 'In an event like this, they are just trying to escape the floods.'
Their hard work appears to have paid off with experts suggesting that Australia's spider population has boomed in the wet weather.
Read more: Millions of spiders spin ghostly grid of cobwebs in Australian field | Metro.co.uk (http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/892410-millions-of-spiders-spin-ghostly-grid-of-cobwebs-in-australian-field#ixzz1oxkmsusu)
Ok, I am officially saying this..AGGGHH!
First, who would be an 'arachnid expert', or an 'Insect expert',...and...OMG!...And, goody for them (those things) for trying to 'hide' from the waters...Uggggh!
Someone has finally found a way for me to give up on me coming to Australia. Who in their right mind?? Honestly!!
I would put up with having to go out in -52 weather (which I have), and freezing parts off me, any day over having to see that...Ewwwww!!
I am still 'officially' doing this: Uggh, aggh, ewww!...What the hell??!! Seriously??!!
As thousands of civilians began fleeing their homes across flood-hit Australia, the busy spiders started weaving an intricate network of webs in a bid to survive the rising tides.
Owen Seeman, arachnid expert at Queensland Museum, explained the phenomenon, saying: 'What we've seen here is a type of wolf spider.
'They are trying to hide away [from the waters].'
The spiders appeared to have covered everything in sight as they weaved their way to higher ground during the severe flooding.
Insect expert Graham Milledge told Australian website News that the spiders' behaviour was known as ballooning.
'They often do it as a way of dispersing and getting into a new area,' he said. 'In an event like this, they are just trying to escape the floods.'
Their hard work appears to have paid off with experts suggesting that Australia's spider population has boomed in the wet weather.
Read more: Millions of spiders spin ghostly grid of cobwebs in Australian field | Metro.co.uk (http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/892410-millions-of-spiders-spin-ghostly-grid-of-cobwebs-in-australian-field#ixzz1oxkmsusu)
Ok, I am officially saying this..AGGGHH!
First, who would be an 'arachnid expert', or an 'Insect expert',...and...OMG!...And, goody for them (those things) for trying to 'hide' from the waters...Uggggh!
Someone has finally found a way for me to give up on me coming to Australia. Who in their right mind?? Honestly!!
I would put up with having to go out in -52 weather (which I have), and freezing parts off me, any day over having to see that...Ewwwww!!
I am still 'officially' doing this: Uggh, aggh, ewww!...What the hell??!! Seriously??!!