Some people are afraid of spiders. And most spiders don’t like other spiders, either — they often eat each other. In North Texas, a strange thing has happened. Thousands of spiders worked together to build a communal mega-web it’s about 40 feet high and as long as a football field.
Giant Spider Web in Northern Texas
Long-jawed spiders hunting from a communally built mega-web in Texas. (Photo by Mike Merchant / Texas A&M Agrilife Dallas)