Romanian scientists have discovered the world's largest spider web, home to 111,000 spiders.

A team of Romanian scientists has discovered a huge spider web located on the border between Greece and Albania, covering an area of 1,140 square feet and containing about 111,000 spiders. The study, published in the journal Subterranean Biology, describes this impressive spider architecture as the largest in the world. The study's leader, Istvan Urak, described his emotions upon seeing it, calling the discovery unique.

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In this underground environment, scientists found two species of spiders: common house spiders and dwarf spiders, which had not previously been seen together in such large numbers. Scientists are amazed at how this colony survives in low light conditions, using stable isotope analysis to determine that the spiders feed on insects that feed on sulfur microbes in the cave.

This discovery has opened up new horizons in understanding the life of spiders, which turned out to be genetically different from their relatives living outside the cave, proving that nature still holds many unknowns. Urak emphasized that although we think we know a lot about species, there can always be unexpected discoveries.