THE danger may have passed for the two legged residents of Wagga Wagga, but spare a thought for the eight legged variety.

Arachnaphobics beware.

When floodwaters swept through the town and surrounding paddocks of Wagga Wagga in NSW earlier this week, tens of thousands of local spiders fled to higher and drier ground - spinning their webs across bushes, grass.

media_camera Picture: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

It's left parts of Wagga Wagga looking like its sleeping under a thick white blanket.

media_camera Picture: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

media_camera Picture: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

media_camera Picture: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

media_camera Picture: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Originally published as Spiders spin white blanket over Wagga Wagga