Apparently the hot springs in Fjallabak Nature Reserve in Iceland are not just exclusively a place to relax. As BBC’s new three-part series Wild Scandinavia shows, they are also a popular location for wolf spiders.
In Iceland they call them Laugakanguló and after seeing how wolf spiders resort to cannibalism, this time let’s talk about a decidedly unusual place where it is possible to meet them… very closely.
It is important to immediately underline how to reach the thermal springs of Landmannalaugar represents in itself a real missionwhich requires specialized vehicles capable of tackling difficult off-road terrain.
In reality, once the initial difficulties have been overcome, it is possible to be literally amazed by them rich shades of yellow, green and blue scattered across the mountains where lava, rich minerals and moss have painted the landscape. Plus, as a geothermally active region, the trails are filled with hot springs, rivers, and steam springs nestled among the colorful mountains. Apparently, however, it is possible meet some unexpected guests.
“Once I saw them, I couldn’t unsee them: they were everywhere, covering every thread of moss in a thick carpet around us. I lifted one of the mineral-stained rocks and five spiders ran out in different directions toward the clusters of tiny black flies that I had also managed to miss… but now my eyes were open and it looked like the ground was full of spiders“Poppy Riddle, producer of the episode in question, said in a press release.
These are generously sized spiders that you can observe at the following link, usually considered harmless to humans.
At this point it becomes clear that even after seeing the giant spiders invading the United States, we would never want to find ourselves in those shoes of the television crew.
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