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MkGenie

Giant Spider Web Envelops Texas Park (AP) 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 will not 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." As creepy as it is, it's not the work of one giant spider, but a community of thousands. No one knows exactly why the spiders joined forces, but it's a surprising level of cooperation among the eight-legged engineers that has even insect experts scratching their heads, reports Russ Mitchell, co-anchor of CBS News’ The Early Show. “I think its just one of those freak occurrences, amazing things that nature does to wake us up,” Garde tells CBS News. Spider experts say the web may have been constructed by social cobweb spiders, which work together, or could be the result of a mass dispersal in which the arachnids spin webs to spread out from one another. "I've been hearing from entomologists from Ohio, Kansas, British Columbia - all over the place," said Mike Quinn, an invertebrate biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department who first posted photos online. Herbert A. "Joe" Pase, a Texas Forest Service entomologist, said the massive web is very unusual. "From what I'm hearing it could be a once-in-a-lifetime event," he said. But John Jackman, a professor and extension entomologist for Texas A&M University, said he hears reports of similar webs every couple of years. "There are a lot of folks that don't realize spiders do that," said Jackman, author of "A Field Guide to the Spiders and Scorpions of Texas." "Until we get some samples sent to us, we really won't know what species of spider we're talking about," Jackman said.

michaeLeon

这是盘丝洞吗？？？？

Lily

应该是格莱斯捕鸟蛛织的吧？

受惊的兔子

这窝蜘蛛不愁吃了..................

哭泣的巴黎

想到上周五电视里放的《天外魔蛛》，恶心死我了。

yukiko

我家窗子上还是有个好大的蜘蛛网...天啊,整个窗框上都是,妈的现在蜘蛛真可怕~

Little-Susie

把这只大蜘蛛抓来烹调一下

m1yko

可以想象那只蜘蛛有多么....!!!!!