Many parts of Australia are getting covered with a sticky silky substance, which looks like a spider web. This phenomenon is called ballooning and it is currently covering the entire city of Albury, in New South Wales.

Spider web is a smooth and sticky material that is capable of a strength tougher than Kevlar which spiders are known to use this for nesting, making cocoons and catching their prey, states CNET. The spiders use their web for one more purpose apparently; to make nifty balloons for the baby spiders who need shelter and safety from the outside world.

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Keith Basterfield, who is closely studying this phenomenon, said that during the current season in Australia (May to August), the young spiders throw the spider webs up in the air and use it as a parachute to make themselves detached from the surface of the ground and fly towards larger colonies, according to The Lincoln Report.

When they fly through the sky, the spider web tends to fall from the sky every now and then, making it look like it's raining spider webs. It is said that this is why this event is termed as "Spider Rain" or "Angel Hair," as the silky threads of the spiders are left behind them when they take their regional flights.

The people in this city can see small baby spiders moving in one direction in large groups, mostly in the morning or at late afternoon. It was also noted that this phenomenon happens twice a year, when the weather is clear with a slight breeze.

This phenomenon does not happen only in Australia, many other cities across the world witness this many times. The only thing which is making the city of Albury stand out is that the number of baby spiders is enormous and do not seem to tone down anytime soon.

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