It's raining spiders

[Dittohead not!]

In Australia.

In a story reminiscent of a Hollywood horror film, millions of baby spiders seemed to parachute from the sky in early May in the Southern Tablelands, reported Goulburn Post.

The news of the event occurring in the sparsely populated area first came to light when witness Ian Watson posted onto the Goulburn Community Forum on May 11, detailing the event.

"Anyone else experiencing this 'Angel Hair' or maybe aka millions of spiders falling from the sky right now? I'm 10 minutes out of town and you can clearly see hundreds of little spiders floating along with their webs and my home is covered in them. Someone call a scientist!," wrote Watson, who later said the spiders kept getting entangled in his beard.

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I've heard of it raining cats and dogs, but this is a new one.

 

[rabbitcaebannog]

In Australia.



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I've heard of it raining cats and dogs, but this is a new one.

Ewwww, my worst nightmare!

 

[Ockham]

I actually love spiders... I've had a fascination with them since I was a kid.

Black jumping spiders in particular as I'll sit and watch them hunt on a window pane - just last week I saw one pounce on a fly and chow down.

 

[Dittohead not!]

I actually love spiders... I've had a fascination with them since I was a kid.

Black jumping spiders in particular as I'll sit and watch them hunt on a window pane - just last week I saw one pounce on a fly and chow down.

They can be fascinating. I've been known to put bugs in their webs and watch them wrap them up for later consumption, or eat them on the spot.

Yes, I've been called weird.

 

[Ockham]

They can be fascinating. I've been known to put bugs in their webs and watch them wrap them up for later consumption, or eat them on the spot.

Yes, I've been called weird.

I'm with you there - I guess we're both weird then.

 

[TurtleDude]

I actually love spiders... I've had a fascination with them since I was a kid.

Black jumping spiders in particular as I'll sit and watch them hunt on a window pane - just last week I saw one pounce on a fly and chow down.

I used to catch a few argiope (Golden Orb weavers) and put them in the windows of my room which was not air conditioned. They would invariably weave a new web and catch the mosquitoes and flies that were not deterred by the somewhat failing screens

 

[TurtleDude]

Ewwww, my worst nightmare!

Just for you!