Giant Spider Web Was ‘Joint Effort’ Experts Say

WILLS POINT, TX. (AP) – Heavy rains have started to shred a colossal spider web that blankets hundreds of yards of trees and shrubs at an East Texas park.

Insect specialists have studied the web at the Lake Tawakoni State Park, about 45 miles east of Dallas. They say various species of spiders built on one another’s work to create the sprawling web. Heavy rains early this summer created prime feeding conditions for the spiders.

They worked together to spin a web that nearly covered a pond teeming with mosquitoes and other insects. The web covered 200 yards along a trail at the park. Now, park volunteers say heavy rain and wind this week have weighted or torn down much of the web. But researchers say the spiders are still weaving fresh webs between storms.

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