Millions of spiders have cocooned entire trees across Pakistan in a thick coating of web.
PHOTOS: Tree 'cocoons' rise from floodwaters
The arachnids apparently were forced into the branches by last year's devastating monsoon floods.
They climbed into the trees in late July last year when monsoon rains flooded the regions of Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
The water took so long to recede that the spiders soon coated their new homes in a thick mesh of web.
In the Sindh province, the local people are happy the spiders have stuck around.
They believe the mass of webs have reduced the mosquito population, which carries the deadly malaria virus.
The trees are festooned with dead bugs.
Around 20 million people across Pakistan were affected by the floods, which destroyed houses and left contaminated water lying across the land.
The death toll was close to 2000.
The images were posted by the UK’s Department for International Development.
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