Student spider smuggler hit with massive fine in Australia for trafficking wildlife

Chinese national Zhang Qiran, 22, pleaded guilty after 125 native spiders and insects were found in his luggage at Sydney airport.

Student caught smuggling 125 insects at Australia airport, officials say

A university student was caught trying to smuggle more than 100 insects, many of them protected species, out of Australia, officials said. The student, identified by Australia’s 7NEWS as a 22-year-old ...

World’s biggest spiderweb found in ‘Sulfur Cave’ with 111,000 SPIDERS living in arachnid mega-colony in total darkness

ARACHNOPHOBES, look away now – what might be the world’s biggest spider web has been found. Hidden deep inside a pitch-black ...

Sulfur cave spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web

Researchers may have discovered the world's biggest spider web, a massive subterranean structure spanning over 100 square ...
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World's Largest Spider Web, Created By 111,000 Arachnids In A Cave, Is Big Enough To Catch A Whale

In a dank cave below the Albanian-Greek border, scientists have uncovered a spider web that’s technically big enough to catch ...

Giant spiderweb housing 111,000 spiders found in cave

The web stretches 1,140 square feet - roughly the size of a semi-detached house.