archiemcphee: “An unexpected side-effect of the 2010 flooding in parts of Sindh, Pakistan, was that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters; because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water took so long to recede, many trees became cocooned in spiders webs. People in the area had never seen this phenomenon before, but they also reported that there were less mosquitoes than they would have expected, given the amount of standing water that was left. Not being bitten by mosquitoes was one small blessing for people that had lost everything in the floods.” Photo courtesy of Russell Watkins, U.K. Department for International Development [via My Modern Metropolis] Click for high-res photo

archiemcphee:

“An unexpected side-effect of the 2010 flooding in parts of Sindh, Pakistan, was that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters; because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water took so long to recede, many trees became cocooned in spiders webs. People in the area had never seen this phenomenon before, but they also reported that there were less mosquitoes than they would have expected, given the amount of standing water that was left. Not being bitten by mosquitoes was one small blessing for people that had lost everything in the floods.”

Photo courtesy of Russell Watkins, U.K. Department for International Development

[via My Modern Metropolis]

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    This is both scary and fucking awesome all at once.
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    No way! Why get rid of them? Oh god, these trees are simply beautiful. I’ve never seen trees covered in spider webs!...
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    How fascinating.
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    I’m arachnophobic, but this is such a well captured photo.
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    One way to get me to visit this place. Get rid of the spiders.
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