CATCHING UP WITH THE STORY
When you wake up in the morning to have your cup of Joe before driving to work or just out for a morning stroll, you don’t expect anything. But a suburb in Dallas Texas just got something they weren’t expecting.
In the light of day were the trees familiar to locals, only totally covered in spider webs, like a morbid curtain. The trees covered in spider webs also had thousands of the eight-legged arachnids crawling all over the place.
News broke out about this strange sight in Texas A&M AgriLife. This happened on July 31st, however, more up-to-date coverage can be found here.
SPIDER WEBS NOT SO STRANGE AFTER ALL
Seeing trees covered in spider webs, as it turns out, is no new occurrence for locals; its occurrence is regular in frequency. The last reported incident such as this was back in 2007, creepily near the nearest incident.
The culprit responsible was the Tetragnatha guatemalensis spider that builds huge nests when it deems the weather okay to do so. The range of this spider can be found in Minnesota, Kansas, New Mexico, and Southern California in the States.
AN UNDERSTANDING
So when residents saw the trees covered in spider webs that day in July, no one was seriously, frightfully alarmed. For the spiders, the conditions to build that huge curtains of webs include having lots of small bugs by lakes—so an abundance of food source is a necessary condition for this massive web.
But even though these huge nests occur every now and then, the trees covered in spider webs and just the sight of the huge nests are a rare sight to see. Moreover, you don’t need to use bug spray because this specific species of spider isn’t harmful to humans.
Which is also another reason why there wasn’t a huge concern about the sight but rather surprise, as the spider isn’t aggressive. It may look creepy, but it’s harmless. However, it is a wonder to see the Dallas suburb trees covered in spider webs and awe-inspiring.
