Spiderweb Encased Trees in Pakistan

My Dad is always finding amazing websites about strange natural events and sending them to me. This one about the affect of flooding on spiders in Pakistan is surreal. There is a series of photos of trees that are encased in spiderwebs. During the flooding in December of 2010 the spiders had no where to go but up. They subsequently sets up house in the trees and spun a giant cocoon of silk webs around them. Sadly, these silky draped trees are dying because they cannot get enough sunlight. Now there won't be much shade in this region of Pakistan that gets intense sunshine all summer. So, a flood that had immediate, devastating effects on a population will also have longer lasting, more subtle negative effects.

from National Geographic website

BUT...nature is an odd and marvelous thing. There are some reports that claim the high numbers of concentrated webs have also had a positive impact on mosquito populations. Less mosquitoes means less occurrences of malaria. Here we have a traumatic loss of human life and well-being coupled with fascinating animal behavior and positive impact to a common disease. Not much more to say than, Wow.