Giant spiders have covered a Greek beach in their canvases – Quartz

The Greek lagoon of Aikitiko is the perfection of the postcard – a rickety wooden pier stretching into the blue-green water, boats floating in their bays, rustic shrubs bordering the water's edge. Lately, there is something wrong with this idyllic place.

It is the season of the loves of the extensive spiders, known scientifically under the name of the genus Tetragnatha, and to celebrate that, they have almost all covered with a dense veil of canvases.

A recent increase in mosquito populations has resulted in ideal conditions for an explosion of spider population, said molecular biologist Maria Chatzaki on Greek news sites. "Spiders take advantage of these conditions and make a kind of party. They mate, they breed and provide a whole new generation. The locals had already seen a spider web cover, but not since 2003, she said.

Apart from the fact that everyone is casual, all these websites do not cause any harm. The spiders themselves are not dangerous and their life is so short that their party will be over soon. When this is the case, the webs will degrade naturally, leaving the plants underneath them. However, arachnophobes can choose to keep their distance for the moment.