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Rare spider puts $15 million highway project on hold

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    Casey Stegall reports from Dallas, Texas

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Until and -- -- bitsy spiders causing some major problems for commuters in Texas.

But the bracken bat cave mesh Weaver.

Hasn't been seen in more than thirty years crews spotted -- -- -- -- a fifteen million dollar highway projects and our construction.

Is on hold Casey Stegall this case in Dallas.

What's so special about this spider.

Bill say it ain't so you know scientists first thought this thing was -- because as you said after all they hadn't seen it in some thirty years it's only about the size of a dime it has no eyes and it lives underground.

Take a look at the little thing that's caused so much trouble the bracken bat cave -- Weaver.

It turned up in a six foot hole that was exposed while construction crews were building this new highway underpass and once the Iraq that was identified -- allowable the project was put on hold.

-- definitely why you ask all of this over -- spider.

Every animal has a place somewhere in the ecosystem and there's no telling.

About -- -- if it's a food source for something that's important and so we may not think it has anything to do with us but we don't know that.

And who knows experts say this creature could one day maybe hold the secrets to the curing something like cancer which is why they stress the importance of protecting endangered species bill.

Even spiders now.

Imagine the folks around there can't be -- happy with that do what is right.

No that's an understatement they're furious we're talking about a very congested -- -- on the western side of San Antonio Texas near SeaWorld thousands and thousands of cars.

Funnel through that area every single day and that.

Really was supposed to be -- leave because of this this particular underpass construction started in April it was supposed to open by next summer until this little pick up.

I would probably stepped on it.

I mean I don't think.

There has been missing thirty years so what's the difference it's a spider.

US fish and wildlife and the Federal Highway Administration now involved reevaluating its plans that could mean.

Having to modify or get this bill even scraping.

This project altogether -- -- -- -- Sounds like Charlotte and Charlotte's web but so that web into the -- did Casey say you.

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