‘Slime of the Devil’ Spiders Blanket Argentina Towns

By Published on August 21, 2015

Floods in Argentina have brought an unusual phenomenon to rural areas as blankets of spiders have wrapped themselves around the landscape in sprawling, dense webs.

Although they might look like floating clouds or wisps of smoke from afar, the nets are in fact crawling with millions of spiders.

The unusual sight is known as “baba del diablo”, which translates as “slime of the devil”.

Read the article “‘Slime of the Devil’ Spiders Blanket Argentina Towns” on independent.co.uk.

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