In Texas 2007 giant communal spiders began to cast their web over swathes of Lake Tawokoni State Park. The park looked like something from a horror movie.
For a full chronology of The Texas Spider Mystery click here (Picture - Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tom Pennington).
In 2010 more huge spider webbing was discovered in Maryland. The arachnids had created an immense web inside a waste water treatment plant, an open building covering almost four square acres.
In some areas there were 176 spiders/m³ and the webbing was so dense it had pulled the fluorescent lighting off the wall. I guess that what happens if you let the spring cleaning slip. A report was published in American Entomologist.
More recently spiders have shrouded trees with their webbing in Pakistan, cutting off sunlight and killing the trees.
Huge Dog-Spider Attacks Woman
More recently a Dog-spider was spotted attacking a woman in a park in America. Luckily she managed to defend herself but it was a close call as the spider was making a bee-line for her.
How to Remove A Huntsman From Your Home
Huntsman spiders have long plagued Australian homes, and can give birth to hundreds of spiders – which is why it’s important to safely remove them to an outside area. This Australian father demonstrates how the professionals catch a spider.
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Great April Fools! the first video is a little black doggy with sipder legs attached to him! But the second video of the spider…that looks like it could be real – not sure! Made us all jump wathing him trying to catch spider with Chinese food container?!? hahahaha
I would pay for someone to get rid of a spider that big in my house!
“I told you not to play with spiders”
Ha! Priceless!
You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me.
I am bad enough with “little” sized spiders never mind anything bigger than a 10p piece.
haha lol my brother is afraid to get of his bed
EW.i hate spiders.
By looking to the video i came to know its not a spider. Man its so freaky.
nice 1.