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Inside a sulfur cave/ The world's largest spider web is discovered on the Greek-Albanian border

2025-11-05 18:02:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Inside a sulfur cave/ The world's largest spider web is discovered on the

Inside a dark, sulfur-filled cave in Sarantaporo, on the Albanian-Greek border, researchers have discovered the world's largest spider web, containing more than 111,000 spiders of two different species.

Specifically, according to the study published in the journal Subterranean Biology, the web stretches about 350 meters along the wall of a narrow, low tunnel near the cave's entrance. The researchers noted that it is a mosaic of thousands of individual, funnel-shaped webs.

This is the first evidence of colonial behavior in two common spider species and likely represents the largest spider web in the world, said study leader Istvan Urac, an associate professor of biology at Sapientia University in Romania.

"The natural world still holds countless surprises for us. If I were to try to put into words all the emotions that overwhelmed me (when I saw the web), I would describe them as admiration, respect and gratitude. You have to experience it to truly know what it's like," said Urak. /CNA





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