The wind will eventually blow the strands into a single line, which serves as a base bridge for the web. Then, the spider will anchor it and start weaving the biggest web known to scientists.

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A Spanish funnel-web spider (Macrothele calpeiana), recognized as Europe’s largest spider, has made an unexpected journey to the UK, arriving in a West Sussex nursery hidden inside an olive tree ...

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A venomous spider with a 'huge appetite' was an unpleasant surprise inside a delivery of olives for a horrified nursery owner. 'Europe's largest' Spanish funnel-web spider was found at the West ...