World's widest web? Flood-hit spiders find higher ground

Webs of tens of thousands of arachnids combine to form thick netting above trees in north-western Tasmania in 'mass ballooning event'

Deluged homeowners in Tasmania's north-west are not the only residents of the waterlogged area to seek higher ground.

Vast translucent covers have formed above trees in towns such as Westbury in the wake of storms and the state's worst floods in 40 years.