August 30, 2007


Giant Spider Web in Texas

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Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park. Officials at Lake Tawakoni State Park say the massive mosquito trap is a big attraction for some visitors, while others won’t go anywhere near it. “At first, it was so white it looked like fairyland,” said Donna Garde, superintendent of the park about 45 miles east of Dallas. “Now it’s filled with so many mosquitoes that it’s turned a little brown. There are times you can literally hear the screech of millions of mosquitoes caught in those webs.”

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posted by Lynn Bauman in Uncategorized 

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10 Responses to “Giant Spider Web in Texas”

  1. Andrew Cormier on August 31st, 2007 at 10:28 am

    I think massive web is truly incredible.I personaly think it’s an alien life form.I have never seen or heard of anything like this.Could you please keep me updated on the the webs.thx

  2. Dr. B. W. Thair on August 31st, 2007 at 12:46 pm

    I examined the far larger web event in McBride, BC Canada. Same kind of thing: major dragline display without ballooning conditions. Web will disappear after repeated freezing: becomes very brittle.

  3. Max Steele on September 1st, 2007 at 5:04 am

    “I personaly think it’s an alien life form”

    I agree, this is the most logical and rational of explanations in my mind.

  4. Nathan on September 2nd, 2007 at 2:14 pm

    I think it is a sign of insects evolving rapidly, maybe there is a core spider species that is organizing the other spiders into this type of behavior. Note, when insects become conscious, we are all doomed.

  5. awesome on September 3rd, 2007 at 12:25 pm

    i agreee with the other 2 people i think this is aliens at work trying to dominate the world

  6. clusterfuck on September 3rd, 2007 at 12:31 pm

    Aliens aliens are on their way to our home planet. Run, run, run for your lives take cover, oh no a metero shower. I’ve got go

  7. omg on September 3rd, 2007 at 12:44 pm

    i hope the mother ship will come for me soon

  8. Iwa Iniki on September 3rd, 2007 at 5:10 pm

    Very clever those spiders.
    Now they won’t starve.

  9. Iwa Iniki on September 3rd, 2007 at 5:16 pm

    By the way, spiders are not insects; they are arachnids.

  10. aqilah on September 5th, 2007 at 11:25 pm

    huh?? aliens??..i personally think it’s just one those miracleous events happening in this world..the world has encountered with many peculiar events which no one can explain truly, so this is just one of the example.