For dixie dean...Wagga Wagga Spider Webs

Last Updated:
March 07, 2012






Thousands of spiders build new
webs after floodwaters forced them to move to higher ground in Wagga
Wagga. Picture: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
AAP
THE danger may have passed for the residents of Wagga Wagga, but spare a thought for these little guys and gals.

These thousands upon thousands of hairy-legged critters now have to rebuild their houses.
When
floodwaters swept through the town and surrounding paddocks, the local
spiders had no choice but to flee up, spinning their webs across sticks
and bushes.



It's left parts of the region looking like its sleeping under a thick white blanket, reminiscent of this famous set of pictures snapped in Pakistan after last year's flood