Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before
Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before
Researchers discovered a massive, 1,140-square-foot spider web in a pitch-black sulfur cave between Albania and Greece. This unique "spider metropolis" houses 111,000 spiders, notably two species (Tegenaria domestica and Prinerigone vagans) that usually prey on each other but coexist peacefully due to the cave's darkness. The abundant midge population provides a rich food source, and the spiders show genetic adaptations to their unusual environment, forming a singular, spongy community.
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what a trek to have to make to follow up on your research.
and then to have to turn the lights on and see a city made not of bricks but web sponge blocks.
both eery and yet enticing.
it's odd to think about living next to your mortal enemby but never attacking simply because you didn't know they were there...
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