"What we've seen here is a type of wolf spider," Owen Seeman, arachnid expert at Queensland Museum, told Reuters. "They are trying to hide away (from the waters)."

The wet weather has not only forced the spiders, which locals call 'sheet weavers', to build a massive high point safety zone from the storm, it has also pushed the spider population to boom.

Predominantly, the Wolf Spider is taking over the land bit by bit, covering raised sticks and bushes with by releasing strands of web that catch the wind and 'balloon' to carry them to safety.

The interconnected webs - a snow-like field not unlike a human safety net - has grown exponentially as the busy creatures struggle to survive record rainfall.

Wagga Wagga has been declared a 'disaster area', reports the Sydney Morning Herald; the flood was the worst they've experienced since 1853. 

Read the full story and see great photos of the massive Australia web. 

Below is a weather and spider news report.

Here is a flooding update in the news.