Travelers who are looking to see something a little bit on the creepy side should take the first plane to Waga Waga, Australia. In a bit of evolutionary wonder, the town has recently been hit with major flooding. In response to the flooding, the towns millions of spiders have banded together to build massive webs across huge swaths of sticks and bushes. Some of them cover entire fields.
The strange spiderweb blankets were first reported by the BBC. According to the news outlet, approximately 9,000 people in Wagga Wagga been forced to evacuate due to flooding. Wagga Wagga is a popular stopover for people heading between Adelaide, Sydney or Melbourne.
The spider web blankets are a wonder that scientists are having a difficult time explaining. Score one for Darwin.
Would you be interested in seeing the giant spider webs or would it give you the creeps?
Photos by Lukas Coch, EPA / Landov.
ewwwwwww! to creepy
Am I terrified of spiders?
Answer: YES! Look at those things and tell me they are cute… You can't friggin do it! They are hideous beyond belief! They are sneaky… creepy… hairy… disgusting and they friggin bite! TO HELL WITH SPIDERS!
I'd be moving!
The second picture blows my mind.
I couldn't agree with you more, Ryan. Creeped me out just looking at the pics!!! BLECH….why would anyone WANT to see that??!!!
And that first picture showing above, PLEASE tell me that that's snow that we're looking at with just the beginnings of the webs over it….please tell me that?
Sylvia DaSilva … It's kinda pathetic on my part. I am not afraid of heights, snakes, animals or anything like that… But throw a spider at me and I turn into a Diva screaming for my life.
Ryan Carranza ROFL….very masculine of you to admit it, though…gotta give you cudos for that!!!
This reminds me of an old 1950's era sci-fi show about giant spiders that encased entire towns in webs and ate the residents. Creepy as all get out.
Holy cow, YES! Spiders freak me out and having a web that covers fields! Please! No way! I will probably have nightmares. Ugghhh!
The crabs don't look like pleasant bedpartners either!!
Definately gives me the creeps!!
GIVE ME THE BUG SPRAY!
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Creepy cool!
Ewwwwwwwwww!
Someone told me they have alot of snakes and alot of flies also. Spooky
Ok so yes I would want to see it……but definitely from a distance!
oh my gosh – i wanted to live there! i wanted to say, "yes, i live in waga waga"
I'LL PASS THANX! ::starts scratching:: eeewwwww!
Creepy as hell… I say burn them… No way in hell would I go and visit that area…
I guess betweeen the spiders, crabs, snakes and every other creaturel trying to escape the flooding, this must be doing a number on the tourism.
ick! I dreamt about spiders last night that almost looked like this too!! ewww..
Nope, not snow. It's SUMMER in Australia when it's winter here so no snow now.
My worst f**kign nightmare! HELL on Earth!
no sleep for me tonight!!
OMG!
Unreal, that really is the stuff of bad dreams!!!
Oh god tell me that's not real!! It's just a movie still from Arachnophobia 2 isn't it?? Just say yes….
Unfortunately it's real, fortunately it's very far away! You wouldn't find it around the Burren, that's for sure….but maybe in Longford…