he did:
RT News: 'Catastrophe' declared in parts of New South Wales as torrential rains batter Australia, sparking spider plague
23 Mar, 2021
https://www.rt.com/news/518865-australia-flooding-catastrophe-evacuations/
"Spiders and Drugs, spiders and drugs", Frank Lideo (Joe Pesci) in movie Moonwalker (1988)
Spider plague Australia