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Scientists have uncovered the largest spider web ever recorded, located inside a cave on the Greece-Albania border. 2 / 8

The massive web was found in a low-ceiling, dark cave near the entrance. The cave’s unique environment provides the perfect home for thousands of spiders. 3 / 8

The web spans almost half the size of a tennis court, 1,140 sq. ft. (106 m²), making it one of the largest web ever documented. 4 / 8

Researchers counted more than 111,000 spiders living in the web, forming a dense and complex network. 5 / 8

Tegenaria domestica – more than 69,000 individuals and Prinerigone vagans – more than 42,000. This is the first known case of two normally solitary species sharing one web. (Image: Representative) 6 / 8

The spiders cooperate to form a “colon

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