The spiders that can FLY:A ghost spider, called Tomopisthes horrendus

Flying spiders once took to the skies to conquer remote islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Researchers have discovered three new species of ‘ghost spider’ on Robinson Crusoe Island, a site roughly 400 miles off Chile – and they say they flew hundreds of miles to get there.

According to the team, the ‘eight-legged castaway’ used a technique known as ballooning to colonize areas across the ocean two million years ago, and then experienced rapid evolution to split into several species.

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