Scientists have discovered a giant spider web spanning about half the size of a tennis court and with some 111,000 spiders in a cave on the border between Greece and Albania. In it are around 69,000 domestic house spiders (Tegenaria domestica), in addition to over 42,000 of Prinerigone vagans dwarf weavers (Linyphiidae), the study said. The researchers from universities and natural history museums in Albania, Romania, Belgium, Germany and Italy have called the discovery "the first documented cas

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Researchers discovered a huge spider web in "Sulfur Cave" on the Albania-Greece border. The web - spanning an area exceeding 100 square meters - is home to some 111,000 spiders, including approximately 69,000 house spiders (Tegenaria domestica) and more than 42,000 Prinerigone vagans dwarf weavers (Linyphiidae), according to a study published in October, after researchers made multiple trips to the cave. The discovery is the first recorded instance of "colonial web formation" of two species that

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