Did you know that there is a spider than spins a web large enough to span a river? Well, the female Darwin’s bark spider can and it spins the world’s biggest and strongest spider webs, as seen in the photo above.

This newly documented species isn’t especially large compared to its web–the spider’s body is about smaller than .8 inch long (2 centimeters), not including legs.

See more pictures on National Geographic News.

Watch a video of a jumping spider stalking lunch on National Geographic Kids.

Photograph courtesy Matjaz Kuntner