recent footage from the Brazilian countryside shows thousands of spiders seemingly suspended in mid-air
(Arachnophobes might want to give the video below a miss.)
If recent events are anything to go by, you should be less concerned about swallowing spiders in your sleep and more concerned about bird-eating spiders raining down on your head. As The Guardian reports
They’re likely to snag a variety of insects and maybe even small birds in their communal web
Brazilian biology professor Adalberto dos Santos tells The Guardian that P
bistriata are some of the rare “social” spiders that do this
While this natural phenomenon is certainly unsettling, it isn’t exactly rare
Residents of the southeast municipality of Espírito Santo do Dourado
said these “spider rains” are common when the weather is hot and humid
Here’s another video from Santo Antônio da Platina in southern Brazil in 2013
[h/t The Guardian]
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which likely belong to a South American species called Parawixia bistriata
are merely crawling on an ultra-fine and nearly invisible web that attaches to two objects
While this natural phenomenon is certainly unsettling, it isn’t exactly rare
[h/t The Guardian]
In scenes that will haunt anyone with an aversion our eight-legged friends
hundreds of spiders have begun dangling from electric lines and telephone poles -- giving the illusion that they're falling from the sky -- in the southern Brazilian town of Santo Antônio da Platina
Footage shows the fairly sizable arachnids
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A local biologist told Gawker that the "social spider" species is known for its big colonies and "sheet webs," and said such a mass dangling is normal
The species normally inhabits tropical environments throughout South America
Scientists say social spiders work in teams to catch their prey
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hundreds of spiders have begun dangling from electric lines and telephone poles -- giving the illusion that they're falling from the sky -- in the southern Brazilian town of Santo Antônio da Platina
(MORE: Biologist Names Spider After U2's Bono)
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It's Raining Spiders In Brazil By Meera Dolasia - 378 words
3 minutes Here's some advice for those of you that are scared of spiders - Don't visit the town of Santo Antonio da Platina in Brazil
steer clear of telephone wires or you may witness what 20-year old web designer Eric Reis did when he left a friend's house on Sunday February 10th - Thousands of the creepy arachnids precariously dangling off the wires
The scene that at first glance appears like they were all about to 'rain' from the skies and land on the young man may be scary enough to send shivers down the spines of most humans
it is pretty common for social or colonial spiders to live in massive colonies and hunt together
is what species of spiders these happened to be
An early report suggested the swarming spiders were Anelosimus eximius
a social species of spider that weave communal webs
some experts believe that these are too big to be the A.eximius
They are leaning toward another social species - The Parawixia bistriata
the spiders do not appear to be living in one giant web but are spread out among a network of individual orb webs across the wires which is why they appeared to be 'raining'
bistriata are prevalant in the South American Savannas
Another clue is the fact that they seemed to suddenly appear out of thin air - A trait common to this species which have a tendency to collect in a group
they converge upon a selected spot where they first weave a huge communal web
they start to build individual webs on this base
inside which they sit and lure their prey - Who knew that spiders were this smart
The only way to really determine which species of spider is crowding up the Brazilian skies is to get up close and personal with them - A task that is still up for grabs in case
Reply 0 Likes majestic_tiger1 3 years ago well im arachnaphobic
Reply 0 Likes lilval 3 years ago brazil is where i was born i did not know that
Reply 0 Likes poisondragon1 3 years ago How did that happen that’s In possible !!
Reply 0 Likes purplehegehog12 3 years ago Aaaaaaaa
Reply 0 Likes rennymarco 3 years ago Oh my gosh
If you don't harm them they won't harm you
Reply 3 Likes purplehegehog12 3 years ago I like them too but RAINING SPIDERS
Reply 1 Like rennymarco 3 years ago Its not actually 'Raining spiders' a bunch of them are just hanging on electric poles
Reply 1 Like techfashion0315 3 years ago Wow
I would be screaming if it were raining spiders
Reply 2 Likes rennymarco 3 years ago Aw
and you don't bully people who are unique to you
There just unique animals trying to survive the dangerous world
Reply 2 Likes hewouwu 3 years ago OH MY GOSH I would be terrified
Reply 1 Like wybizuly-163360975804 3 years ago OMG ID BE TERRIFIED
Reply 1 Like mochifan210 4 years ago The fact that there are more and It is CREEPY
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