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A Greek city has been transformed into a scene that looks like a horror movie. Aitoliko, a city known as "Little Venice" in Greece, has been taken over by thousands of spiders and the images are as terrifying as you could imagine. The photos shared by Giannis Giannakopoulos show plants, trees and flower beds covered entirely with white spider webs that swarm with thousands of spiders.
According to the Guardian, the paintings were created by spiders of the genus Tetragnatha. Worryingly, these spiders are so small and so light that they can cross the water faster than they can move on land. However, they do not pose a threat to humans.
"These spiders are not dangerous to humans and will not cause any harm," said molecular biologist Maria Chatzaki at local news sites.
According to CNN, the phenomenon of infestation by spiders is rare, but not unheard of. The reason why Aitoliko has been invaded by spiders is that the city has a thriving population of its favorite snack: midges.
"It's the simple prey-predator phenomenon," said biologist Fotis Pergantis at CNN. "These are the natural responses of the ecosystem and once temperatures begin to drop and gnat populations will disappear, spider populations will also decrease."
"It is natural that this area has insects, nobody is particularly worried," said Giannis, who captured the now viral images, to CNN. "But I've never seen so many spider webs in my life."
Although residents are not too worried, netizens have definitely panicked. Giannis' album was shared more than 230 times on Facebook and garnered a ton of terrified comments.
"It's time to burn the island!" write a person in the comments section. "I can not imagine going anywhere near that to take pictures !!! !!! OMGosh !!!" another said.
Would you be brave enough to enter this city? Let us know by using the comments section below.
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