Why spooky spiders rained from the sky in Australia

A house is surrounded by spiderwebs next to flood waters in Wagga Wagga on March 6, 2012. Residents of nearby Goulburn saw a similar phenomenon this month, after millions of spiders reportedly descended on the Australian town. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters)

By Sarah Kaplan-May 19
Residents of Goulburn, Australia, awoke this month to find their town shrouded in eerie, silken webs, while millions of tiny spiders rained down from above, local news reported.

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