Gigantic Spiders Web Discovered in Madagascar

[wirrrn]

Newly discovered species of spider with a flair for showy architecture. This is not one of the huge webs built by social spiders (eg Stegodyphus sp) but is spun by individual spiders, possibly as compensation for a tiny penis ;)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Comments

[mavis_of_amity]

Holy! I assume they are not sticky enough, but their material strength, size, and elastic is already giving me pictures of people being stuck in them like flies. ;)

[iulia_linnea]

National Geographic has more pics. :)

[bigladymonster]

For anyone who thinks we've found most of the species on Earth, these spiders weren't exactly hiding out.