Spiders on the move in flood ravaged Australia
Wild plants are covered in spider webs, formed as spiders escape from water waters, in Wagga Wagga Reuters
WAGGA WAGGA: Thousands of spiders have cast eerie webs over giant areas of flood-hit Australia after being forced to seek shelter by the rising waters.
Specialists said the spiders may be spinning the sticky webs to help them survive the deluge, which has forced thousands of people to leave their homes over the past week.
What we have seen here is a kind of wolf spider, Owen Seaman, arachnid professional at Queensland Museum, told Reuters.
They are trying to hide away (from the waters).
The Australian Museums entomology collections manager Graham Mill edge said the spiders behavior was known as ballooning, & was typical after spiders are forced to run away from floods.
The spider webs were seen near the inland city of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, where 8,000 people were forced from their homes before the water waters receded on Wednesday.
Sydney as Taranga Zoo said Australia’s spider population has boomed in the wet weather.
They often do it as a way of dispersing & getting in to a new area, Mill edge told the news.com.au net site. In an event like this, they are trying to escape the floods.
