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  • World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black

    11/06/2025 9:10:09 AM PST · by fidelis · 67 replies
    Live Science ^ | 4 November 2025 | Sascha Pare
    A giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found — and it was built by spiders we didn't know liked the company of others.Researchers have discovered more than 111,000 spiders thriving in what appears to be the world's biggest spiderweb, deep inside a pitch-black cave on the Albanian-Greek border.The "extraordinary" colony consists of a colossal web in a permanently dark zone of the cavern, according to a study published Oct. 17 in the journal Subterranean Biology. The web stretches 1,140 square feet (106 square meters) along the wall...