Sulfur cave spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web

[alanw]

Sulfur cave spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web

Researchers may have discovered the world's biggest spider web, a massive subterranean structure spanning over 100 square meters in a sulfur cave on the Albania–Greece border. The multilayered web along a wall near the cave entrance is home to a colony of approximately 69,000 Tegenaria domestica...

phys.org

 

[wellyjen]

This would be an excellent basis for a horror movie.

 

[Cantclimbtom]

This would be an excellent basis for a horror movie.

Another of those realistic cave themed horror movies?

 

[Pegasus]

Just seen this article and went to post here - but too slow!

What find though.....

 

[Lankyman]

This would be an excellent basis for a h'orror movie.

It needs a snappier title than the OP's thread though. 'Escape from Zombie Apocalypse Spider City'. Coming to a screen near you soon.

 

[wellyjen]

Another of those realistic cave themed horror movies?

Which are an entertaining watch in their own way, if you treat them as comedy, rather than horror.

 

[alanw]

NY Times article https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/science/biggest-spiderweb-sulfur-cave.html

 

[mrodoc]

It's Arachnophobia in real life! The other spider related piece is-John-Wyndham's novel Web predicated on the concept of spiders becoming colonial like ants - frightening.