Spider webs blanket Australian landscape after floods

Massive spider webs stretching across trees and paddocks have formed near towns in Australia recently hit by floods.

Residents in Victoria’s Gippsland region say the gossamer-like veils appeared after days of heavy rain.

In one area, a spider web covered more than a kilometre along a road.

Experts say the veils are created by a survival tactic known as “ballooning”, where spiders throw out silk to climb to higher ground.

Dr Ken Walker, a senior insects curator from Museums Victoria, said it was likely that millions of spiders had thrown strands up to the surrounding trees.

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