Eww Spiders build huge web in Texas

[Easy Bakes 253]

Millions of Spiders cooperate to build huge webs

at lake tawakoni.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14094404

http://www.texasento.net/Social_Spider.htm

Pictures:

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/news_images/?g=tawakoni_spiders

http://media.star-telegram.com/Multimedia/News/Photos/Bigweb.jpg

[zane900 1]

Eh, not so huge. I bet a Google employee could search that web in seconds.

[Insane Child of Bodom 1]

That is a huge web...but in Texas this shouldn't happen in open land...

In the rain forest I figure there must be webs twice the size of that...

ohh and that tree must attract vast amounts of flies or why else would they all work together...?

Maybe its evolution and it'll be like that Anime Blue Gender....

like first ants made colonies and now spiders form colonies...like ant hills...only with spiders...

[maddogmark25 58]

someone will blame it on global warming >_>

[Easy Bakes 253]

Originally posted by: Insane Child of Bodom That is a huge web...but in Texas this shouldn't happen in open land...

In the rain forest I figure there must be webs twice the size of that...

ohh and that tree must attract vast amounts of flies or why else would they all work together...?

Maybe its evolution and it'll be like that Anime Blue Gender....

like first ants made colonies and now spiders form colonies...like ant hills...only with spiders...quote>

 

estimates of up to several million mosquitoes traped.

they have been very bad this year with all the rain and mild  temps.

[MrCinatit 30]

I saw a story on this a few weeks ago - rather fascinating, actually. I am sure Peter Parker has already made himself at home.

[Glenni 1,447]

Now would you look at that... TWW Tree Wide Web.

[CommishGordon 0]

I think the spider's were decorating for Halloween. Beats anything I do with the fake stuff (even with a black light).

[Micah 16]

Oh, those are spider webs? Hmm... I see those around my house all the time and I live near Houston.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: zane900 Eh, not so huge. I bet a Google employee could search that web in seconds.quote>

You win the thread.

[Godzillaman 21]

Originally posted by: Duke87

Originally posted by: zane900 Eh, not so huge. I bet a Google employee could search that web in seconds.quote>

You win the thread.quote>

...ok...

Those are massive...but Shelob from Lord of the rings makes better ones

[MayorTim 16]

Texas eh? I'm surprised some kid hasn't set the tree on fire yet.

[Deathtoall 28]

That's massive! It's like Harry Potter 2 only real! Next thing you know there will be massive spider on it! 

Don't forget the chesse everybody.

[frogface 354]

Looks like something out of a horror movie

[jacqulina 162]

wow thats a huge web i agree with frogface

[BurroDiablo 222]

Arachnophobes nightmare...

Actually... Spiders that make webs like that a relitively small... I remember moving a Leather Sofa from my room once and there was a freaking MASSIVE cobweb behind it... the spider that made it was like the size of Thumb nail though...

As Easy Bakes said, its been very mild this year... the Spiders also benfit from that (billions more insects infesting the place)... means House Spiders  in general can grow to Gargatuan sizes... I've killed a few monsters this year...

(here it comes)

I blame Global Warming

[coolotter88 2]

no, these are social spiders. they're like ants, but spiders...but without a queen or something like that. they live in a community.

[Psycho_Teddy 25]

I blame it on Al Gore, he invented the web, right? (Insert random web joke below)

[Odainsaker 2,137]

Perfect for Halloween!

I still freak at the idea of the large super ant colony found in southern Europe. The colony stretches from Italy, through France and Spain, and all the way to Portugal, spanning some 3600 miles. Populated with untold billions of ants and multiple collaborating queens, this has evolved into the largest cooperative society of living beings on the planet.

Nuke them! Nuke them now, before those billions of individual cells reach the collective threshold to become a conscious Super Hive Mind.

"We are the Ants. You will be Assimilated. Resistance is Futile."

[Barbarossa 51]

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  Edited September 7, 2012 by Barbarossa  

[SIMplMn9 0]

Originally posted by: El Burro

I blame Global Warming quote>

 

Quick! To the Goremobile!

(insert 50s Batman music)

[ILL Tonkso 1,239]

Originally posted by: Psycho_Teddy I blame it on Al Gore, he invented the web, right? (Insert random web joke below)quote>

#

Sir Tim Berners Lee invented the web.... blame him!

[Insane Child of Bodom 1]

Originally posted by: ILL Tonkso

Originally posted by: Psycho_Teddy I blame it on Al Gore, he invented the web, right? (Insert random web joke below)quote>

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Sir Tim Berners Lee invented the web.... blame him!quote>

 

No one really invented the internet.....it was joint project between England and US....

About that ANT SUPER COLONY...that sounds like BS....plus Russia is bigger then that ant colony so it would be bigger...China is bigger...Australlia covers more space...

it only goes from Spain to Italy...the Hungarian Kingdon was about that size i think....

[Odainsaker 2,137]

Not larger in area--larger in population. But bad choice of words on my part given the idiosyncracies and indefiniteness of English common usage; let us say "more populous." Far, far more populous. Now mighty Russia, the Australian continent, Hungary's kingdom, and even the People's Republic all combined are puny in comparison.

[Simfan34 11]

Well, I have severe arachnaphobia, but putting that aside, that web is quite cool. I'd like to see it- from a distance. It's quite creepy though. So, an ant colony steching over south Europe. Scary and Facinating at the same time.

[ShortStraw 1]

While I don't particularly like spiders, I absolutely hate mosquitoes, and well, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. 

The reference Odainsaker  made to the ant colony sparked my interest too.  I found more info about it here.  Fascinating stuff.

[coolotter88 2]

that super ant colony is like, the buggers, formics, whatever you want to call them.

[Something_started 5]

someone will blame it on global warming >_>

quote>

thats some crazy stuff!

yeah i'm sure someone will. I heard about that stuff about 2 or so months ago. i was thinking like ten times bigger surrounded by like a "forest" type area. aww oh well.  <spanish stuff> muy bien, y feo feo, no loco! </spanish>

[WillG_75 19]

That'll give you the creeps. And I thought the ones on the bottom of the gutters were big

[Explodingsims 3]

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! BURN IT!!! BURN IT!!!!!

Oh God, how I hate spiders... but still that's really cool to look at, and is really impressive to think about...