On October 19, 2018, it was reported that recently, a creepy scene appeared in the area of Lake Westonis in northern Greece, with huge spider webs stretching for more than 1 kilometer covering the vegetation around the coast, and the picture was comparable to a magical blockbuster. (Photo attribution: Oriental IC) "
Overnight, the shores of a lake more than a thousand meters long are covered with white spider webs, but the scenes in this horror movie really take place on the shores of Lake Westonics in Greece, causing locals to panic a lot. (Photo attribution: Oriental IC) "
Since October 12, people have found that the grass and shrubs along Lake Westonice are all covered with gray and white spider webs, and the layer after layer looks quite terrifying. Even the surrounding roads and chapels were covered with thick cobwebs, and it seemed that they had arrived at some kind of horror set. (Photo attribution: Oriental IC) "
Spider webs are distributed along the shore of the lake and are almost 1.6 km long. Lake Westonis is about 1,000 kilometers from the capital Athens, and the original scenic lake is completely invisible to its former beauty, and has become a "monster habitat". What is even more shocking is that some trees more than 9 meters high have also been netted. The culprit responsible for this horrific image is a spider of the family Schoenidae, also known as the stretch spider, so named because of its slender body. These spiders are good at knotting webs, prefer to live in damp places such as lakes and rivers, and they can also run fast on water. (Photo attribution: Oriental IC) "
Due to the recent humid climate in Greece, coupled with the vigorous vegetation along Lake Westonis, it is very suitable for breeding for stretching spiders. So thousands of stretched spiders came here to form a web to breed offspring, which created such a rare and spectacular spectacle. It is unclear whether the Greek government will pay for the spider webs, but it is estimated that it will take a lot of materials and manpower to remove the 1.6 km long spider webs from the lakeshore, after all, removing the spider webs is a meticulous task that tests people's patience. (Photo attribution: Oriental IC) "
A local biologist also reminded: "The area of spider webs may also expand, because greece is warmer than in previous years this year, wet and warm weather will accelerate spider reproduction, and the grass on the shore of Lake Westonis provides habitat for a large number of mosquitoes, and these mosquitoes provide rich food for spiders. (Photo attribution: Oriental IC) "
However, these spiders are not dangerous, their webs here are only temporary, once the weather turns cold they will leave on their own, and the spider webs will naturally fade. (Photo attribution: Oriental IC) "
Coincidentally, a similar spectacle occurred in the Greek town of Aitorique in late September. At that time, the 300-meter-long area along the coast of this town was also covered with gray and white spider webs, which made many people's scalps tingle and they did not dare to rush to it. (Photo attribution: Oriental IC) "