Scientists Discover the World’s Largest Spider Web in Cave
Digest more
In a cave between Albania and Greece, over 111,000 spiders have built the world’s largest web—it could rewrite what we know about spider behavior.
A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile species of spider.
Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave on the border between Albania and Greece, scientists have made an incredible discovery – a giant communal spider web spanning more than 100 square meters (1,000 sq ft),
Larinioides sclopetarius, commonly known as bridge spiders, helped researchers from Binghamton University investigate how spiders listen to their environments through webs as a way to inspire future designs for microphones that would also be able to ...
Researchers discovered a spider web they said spanned about 1,140 square feet in a narrow passage between Albania and Greece. The web housed around 111,000 spiders, including two species of spiders that had previously been thought to be hostile to each other.
A study shows that spider web decorations help spiders locate prey by spreading vibrations across more silk threads.
After a spider finishes weaving its web, it sometimes adds one last touch. A bright zigzag down the middle, like a silken “X.” These flourishes, known as stabilimenta, have puzzled scientists for a long,
16hon MSN
Spider megacolony of 111,000 found weaving record web in Sulfur Cave on Greece-Albania border
Published in the journal Subterranean Biology, the find marks the first documented colonial behavior in Tegenaria domestica and Prinerigone vagans.