110,000 spiders ‘party’ on the border of Greece and Albania

Nov. 17, 2025

Q: Two species of spiders – never known to live together or in groups – built “world’s largest spider web” in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. A researcher said the estimated are 110,000 spiders are “constantly having a party there,” feeding on huge swarms of midge flies. Where are Greece and Albania?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: The giant 1,140-square-foot spider’s web is in the pitch-black Sulfur Cave, which has an entrance in Greece and extends into Albania. Which country hosts the spiders’ party?

A. Albania

B. Greece

Q: Outside the cave, most “spiders in close vicinity will fight and end up eating each other,” another scientist said. Albania and Greece are on which European peninsula, which has been plagued by ethnic conflicts?

A. Balkan

B. Crimean

C. Iberian

D. Kanin

Q: Which empire once ruled most of the Balkan Peninsula, the Middle East, North Africa, and the shores of the Black and Red Seas?

A. Austria-Hungary

B. British

C. Ottoman

D. Russian

Q: After World War I, what new nation was created on the Balkan Peninsula and Central Europe?

A. Albania

B. Bulgaria

C. Czechoslovakia

D. Yugoslavia

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