Why Is It Raining Spiders In Australia? (This Is Not A Joke)

We all know that pigs can't fly, and if the old guy next door said it's raining cats and dogs, it was gonna be a wet one. But, did you know it CAN actually rain spiders!

If you suffer from arachnophobia, then it's your worst nightmare!

A blanket of millions of baby spiders was spotted falling on a rural NSW town last week. The natural phenomenon called Angel Hair happens when spiders throw threads of spiderwebs up in the air and use them as a parachute to detach themselves from the ground to move large colonies through the sky!

Spider enthusiast Keith Basterfield said "They fly through the sky and then we see these falls of spider webs that look almost as if it’s snowing. We see these vast areas of baby spiders, all coming down at once in the late morning or early afternoon.

You can know this has happened by either seeing it or spotting what looks like long threads of cotton telegraph poles, power lines and houses. It tends to happen a couple of times per year, usually on clear days with slight winds. "