Giant Spider Web

Posted by Alex in Animal, Pictures on August 30, 2007 at 8:56 pm



Photo: Tom Pennington / Star-Telegram

It’s like a scene straight out of a horror flick: park rangers in Lake Tawakoni State Park, Texas, found a giant communal spider web that spans 200-yard (183 m):

If you hate creepy-crawlies, you might want to avoid Lake Tawakoni State Park, where a 200-yard stretch along a nature trail has been blanketed by a sprawling spider web that has engulfed seven large trees, dozens of bushes and even the weedy ground.

But if you hate mosquitoes, you might just love this bizarre web.

"At first, it was so white it looked like fairyland," said park Superintendent Donna Garde. "Now it’s filled with so many mosquitoes that it’s turned a little brown.

"There are times you can literally hear the screech of millions of mosquitoes caught in those webs."

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9 comments to "Giant Spider Web"

  1. Justin
    August 31st, 2007 at 8:56 am

    "as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."

    :)

  2. Nora
    August 31st, 2007 at 1:07 pm

    lol justin! :P

    I hate spiders sooo much. Yet I also hate mosquitoes with a passion. I am in turmoil. I guess I'm willing to deal with the fact that there are huge nasty community dwelling spiders, so long as hundreds of mosquitoes die.

  3. camber
    August 31st, 2007 at 4:35 pm

    Elfquest.

  4. Ali S.
    August 31st, 2007 at 6:37 pm

    Oh man...spiders roaming in packs is even creepier than I would have thought! O_O

  5. aj
    August 31st, 2007 at 10:16 pm

    Those spiders aren't that big, plus I doubt they're roaming anywhere after constructing such an elaborate community.
    What we need to worry about are spiders evolving the ability to fly. Actually thinking about that I understand the desire to deny evolution...

  6. Alex
    September 1st, 2007 at 1:04 am

    Too late, aj: here's a spider that can "fly" ...

  7. RadallFlagg
    September 1st, 2007 at 7:23 am

    spooky!

  8. Fernando
    April 15th, 2009 at 8:57 pm

    I love spiders but they scare me so much

  9. Glitch50
    May 6th, 2009 at 11:05 am

    to: Justin

    where have I heard that quote before?


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