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Thousands of normally solitary wolf spiders have blanketed an Australian farm after fleeing a rising flood.
Reuters reports that the flooding has forced more than 8,000 Australian (human) residents from their homes in the city of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. But for every temporarily displaced person, it appears several spiders have moved in to fill the void.
"What we've seen here is a type of wolf spider," Owen Seeman, an arachnid expert at Queensland Museum, told Reuters. "They are trying to hide away (from the waters)."
Great slideshow of photos at link:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sidesho...hlc2lkZXNob3cEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdlBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3
Wagga is in my mums neck of the woods. Glad it's not holiday time, because we would definitely have to cancel.
But it's flooding practically everywhere here atm....
This is just a few mins from home.(photo taken today)
Which normally looks like this:
Blackhawk helicopters keep flying over.
Reuters reports that the flooding has forced more than 8,000 Australian (human) residents from their homes in the city of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. But for every temporarily displaced person, it appears several spiders have moved in to fill the void.
"What we've seen here is a type of wolf spider," Owen Seeman, an arachnid expert at Queensland Museum, told Reuters. "They are trying to hide away (from the waters)."
Great slideshow of photos at link:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sidesho...hlc2lkZXNob3cEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdlBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3
Wagga is in my mums neck of the woods. Glad it's not holiday time, because we would definitely have to cancel.
But it's flooding practically everywhere here atm....
This is just a few mins from home.(photo taken today)
Which normally looks like this:
Blackhawk helicopters keep flying over.