Wired:
The Baltimore Wastewater Treatment Plant put out a call for “extreme spider” help in 2009, when a giant spiderweb covered almost 4 acres of their facility. Scientists eventually estimated over 107 million spiders were living in the structure, with densities of 35,176 spiders per m³ in spots.
In honour of Halloween, I’m going to leave this right here for you. Thanks to Brian Webster for the link.
There is no way in hell I am clicking on that link. I would like to sleep tonight, thank you very much.
The pictures aren’t that bad… it’s the thought of all those spiders….
Well played Shawn.
How many bugs must there be in that area for all those spiders to feed upon? And what happens to the bug population once the spiders are killed off?
I’ll take spiders over swarms of midges, thanks.