Scientists are baffled at this giant web of spiders in Texas:
The spiders have collectivized. Who knew spiders were socialists?
A variety of spider species built on one another’s work to create a sprawling web that blanketed hundreds of yards of trees and shrubs at a north Texas park, according to entomologists who studied the unusual formation.Heavy rains early this summer created prime feeding conditions for the spiders, which worked collectively to spin a web that nearly covered a pond ripe with mosquitoes and other insects.
I wonder what it sounds like when you get close to the webs. With that many little creatures roaming around, there ought to be a cool sound. Rather, a creepy sound.
(Photo: Donna Garde / Texas Parks and Wildlife)
