‘They look like waves’: spider webs blanket Gippsland after Victorian floods

Flooded roads and paddocks disrupt local spiders which seek higher ground on road signs, trees and any tall grass they can find

Residents in eastern Victoria have been taken aback after waking up to vast, alien-like sheets of spider webs laying across paddocks and roadsides.

The East Gippsland town of Traralgon was one of the hardest-hit areas by recent flooding and wild weather. While its neighbour Sale avoided the brunt of the damage, flooded roads and paddocks disrupted the local spider populations, which are now seeking higher ground on road signs, trees and any tall grass they can find.