Eerie images show giant web ‘spun by money spiders’ blanketing grass verge for hundreds of yards
THESE eerie pictures show a huge grass verge blanketed by a giant silky web which was mistaken for frost.
Lorry driver Leo Anderson, 54, spotted the astonishing sight on Tuesday morning when he took his break in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
Money spiders are tiny, under 5mm long.
The spiders spin sheet webs to catch their prey, which consist of horizontal sheets with guide threads both above and below the web.
Those threads deflect their prey into the web where the spider waits patiently.
Money spiders can often be found in your garden, usually spinning its web in dense shrubs and dwarf conifers.
The spider got its name as they can occasionally get caught in your hair, which was used as a sign that the person would come into money.
For extra good luck you are supposed to spin the spider around your head by its web before letting it go.
"It was on the grass verge and went on for hundreds of yards.
"When I first saw it I thought it was frost but then I realised it wasn't that cold.
"When I got up close I was like 'wow'."