Web wonders: spiders spin for their lives as floodwaters rise

[microrobert]

Web wonders: spiders spin for their lives as floodwaters rise

As people are evacuated from their flood-stricken homes in NSW, one resident is staying put - the spider.

The fields surrounding flood-stricken areas of NSW have been covered in the webs of a type of ground-dwelling wolf spider, says the collection manager of arachnids at the Queensland Museum, Dr Owen Seeman.

In an attempt to escape rising waters, the spiders climb blades of grass and let out hundreds of metres of silk in the hope a gust of wind will catch the web and transport them to safety, he said.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/we...#ixzz1oyXBBx3s

[rashka]

they look so big...another reason why I can't live in Australia.