Wolf Howling: The Stuff Of Nightmares - Or At Least B Movie Horror Films

Saturday, March 24, 2012

The Stuff Of Nightmares - Or At Least B Movie Horror Films

That's not snow on the ground. It's spider silk. How many spiders does it take to completely encase the ground surrounding a house and an out building in a web? I don't know, and I am not going within 100 miles of that spot to count them.

The webs were made by spiders fleeing floodwaters in Australia. More pictures at The Atlantic.

2 comments:

Paul_In_Houston said...: I remember an H.G. Wells short story, "The Valley of Spiders", in which a horde of them were borne by the wind in balloon-like balls spun of silk.

I first read it while a selection from Richard Rogers "Victory at Sea" album was playing (a piece about the D-Day preparations, I think).

The music fit perfectly and the combination was creepy as Hell.
-; March 24, 2012 at 8:37 AM
GW said...: Haven't read the short story, but an acre sized web is more than enough to leave me creeped out just thinking about it.; March 25, 2012 at 3:20 AM

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