Strange spider rain in Australia

A small town in Australia has just suffered a strange phenomenon that occurred on a gloomy day and countless tiny spiders and their webs covered the ground like a rain of spiders.

Marvel at the strange spider rain in Australia

A small town in Australia has just suffered a bout of . strange spider rain rained down from the sky. People in the town of Goulburn , south of Australia, recalled that the strange phenomenon happened on a gloomy day and countless tiny spiders and their webs covered the ground.

Ian Watson. a resident of the town said the rain was so bad, some spiders even got entangled in his hair.'My house is about 10 minutes away from town. I could see hundreds of small spiders filling the house. You can't go out without getting caught in the spider's web. '

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Strange phenomenon in Australia, countless tiny spiders sprinkle the ground full of silk

Spiders use a special movement technique called 'angel hair'. Accordingly, they came to the trees and spread the silk , swinging into the threads to throw themselves away. This technique is considered by scientists to be the reason why spiders appear on every continent.

This sometimes causes all fields and fields covered with silk if there is a heavy rain or wind to blow away the entire spider population from the treetops. Keith Basterfield, who lives in Southern Australia, began to fall in love with this phenomenon after receiving a strange photograph of silk-covered Albury fields.

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Spider web covered the ground

When posting on Facebook about the 'hair angel' phenomenon in Goulburn this month, some people shared with him about their previous experience: 'Three people told me that they had seen this phenomenon, but Nobody captures any images. Maybe they are so scared that they dare not move. '

Last year, in Brazil also appeared this strange spider rain phenomenon. A person in Brazil posted a video showing hundreds of spiders floating in the air like a rain of spiders.

Video posted by Erick Reis, in the town of Santo Antonio da Platina on February 8, attracted more than two million viewers. He said he saw spiders on the wire in the evening after attending the engagement ceremony with some friends at his friend's house.

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This strange phenomenon of rain spider has also happened in Brazil last year

Erick said that the spiders were trapped in the thread and moved quickly . Marta Fischer, a biologist specializing in spider research at Pontifical Parana University, said that this is a normal phenomenon and it mainly happens in Sao Paulo city.

Pravda.ru quoted the expert to reveal that the insect is called " social spider ", scientific name is Eximius Anelosimus in large quantities in South America. This spider usually lurks in the trees during the day and often forms a large web in the afternoon to trap insects.