A team of scientists has found an “extraordinary” yet skin-crawling colony of more than 110,000 spiders.

A dozen researchers, led by biologist István Urák published a paper on October 17 detailing their findings on the gigantic spider population in Sulfur Cave, stretching across the border of Greece and Albania.

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While the sheer number of arachnids would be enough to inspire nightmares in most, Urák was instead overwhelmed with gratitude and respect when he first saw the web.

“You have to experience it to truly know what it feels like,” he told Live Science .

The research paper found the massive web covers more than 100sqm and was a unique example of two arachnid species living symbiotically.

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