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The striking photos of Lake Vistonida, in northern Greece, show this week a landscape entirely covered with thick spider webs and massive.
Alexandros Avramidis / Reuters
Apparently, the exceptionally hot weather is to blame – or to believe, according to your perception – of the phenomenon. Warm temperatures cause mosquitoes and midges to rise, which is a delicious food for spiders.
"This is due to an overpopulation of spiders … there is an abundance of food available," biologist Euterpe Patetsini told Greek media agency Alpha TV, by Agence France-Presse.
Alexandros Avramidis / Reuters Spider webs covering shrubs at Lake Vistonida.
The paintings currently cover about a kilometer, according to Quartz. The photos show canvases covering plants, as well as artificial structures such as fences and religious shrines.
Alexandros Avramidis / Reuters A veil of spider webs covers this religious sanctuary.
Arachnologists Maria Chatzaki, arachnologists, told CNN that the tiny spiders responsible for the striking paintings belonged to the genus Tetragnatha. A similar situation occurred last month in Aitoliko, in the west of Greece.
The Greek biologist Fotis Pergantis told CNN that when temperatures drop, gnats will begin to die and the spider population will also decrease.
See strangely more beautiful photos of Lake Vistonida below.
Alexandros Avramidis / Reuters A religious sanctuary along the road covered with canvases.
Alexandros Avramidis / Reuters A gray-white blanket of cobwebs.
Alexandros Avramidis / Reuters A person walks among the massive spider webs.
Alexandros Avramidis / Reuters A closeup of spiders as the sun rises behind them.
Correction: A previous version of this article misidentified Maria Chatzaki as an archaeologist. This is an arachnologist.
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