Crab spiders

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Crab spiders
ByKaitlin
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Most crab spiders live in North America and
Europe. They are very common in Tasmania.
Six-eyed crab spiders can live from five to ten
years. There are more than 1,500 crab spiders.
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Crab spiders can pollinate, just like bees. They
have a poisonous bite but it is not harmful to
humans. Before they hatch, crab spiders stay in
the egg for two weeks. Crab spiders cant
balloon. Crab spiders will stay in the same spot
for days, even weeks, when they are trying to
catch prey. Some crab spiders are rare. Female
crab spiders can change from white to yellow. The
scientific name is Thamisus Onustus. They prefer
to be a light color like white or yellow. They
have bright white silk.
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The crab spiders front two legs are often bigger
than the rest. Crab spiders are ready to catch
prey immediately. They kill their prey and suck
it dry. Some like to live in the dark.
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Black Widow
BySolomon F.
Drawing of a black widow
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Information about the Black Widow Spider Size
They are usually 1 1/2 inches Color The female
is usually black with a red spot (Hourglass) on
its abdomen (Belly). The male has light streaks
on it abdomen. Habitat The black widow spider
lives in wood piles. Sometimes farmers accidently
carry the spider into their homes. Interesting
Facts The venom of a black widow spider can
cause swelling up to 15 cm. It also is 15 times
more poisonous than the rattlesnake.
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It is also much more poisonous than the cobra and
coral snake. Full grown males dont inject a lot
of poison but the females do. But only 63 deaths
were reported in the United States between 1950
and 1989.
Female black widow (above)
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Orb Weaving Spiders
The green shows the places where Orb Weaving
Spiders live in the world !
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Habitat
They build spiral shaped webs and build their
webs in gardens, fields and flowers. They use
silk to form smooth walls for burrows. They are
harmless to men.
Diet
Their diet is bugs. They wrap their prey in silk.
They inject venom to kill prey.
Appearance
They have two body segments. They have eight
legs and no chewing parts and no wings. They are
large ½ Inch long, brightly colored yellow,
black and red.
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Interesting Facts
They produce silk. They build egg sacks. They
dont enter peoples houses. Their name comes
from web which is golden.
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This is an Orb Weaving Spider
By Emily Grachek
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Jumping Spiders
Meredith
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Jumping Spiders live in tropical forests,
temporate forests, deserts and scrub lands. One
species was found on Mount Everest. If you want
to know what a Jumping Spider looks like, keep
reading. Jumping spiders typically have eight
eyes in two or three rows. Jumping Spiders can
jump 20, 60 or even 80 times the length of their
body. Jumping Spider s have very good eyesight.
Jumping Spiders have receptor cells in their
eyes which lets them see in tetrachromactic color
vision.
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THE BIRD EATING SPIDER
By.Grace D.
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Want to find out about a Bird Eating Spider?
Well, if You do keep reading. Bird eating
spiders are cool arachnids. A Bird Eating Spider
lives In Australia. Its one of the largest
spiders in Australia! Sometimes you will call
them whistling spiders or barking spiders! Some
people say its a tropical spider. A female
spider lays 48 eggs at a time thats a lot of
kids! The eggs are 2mm. Bird eating spiders eggs
are a deep rich yellow.
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The bite from the fangs are dangerous. Theyre
almost the size of a mans hand! These spiders
dont have teeth - that would save your mom a
trip to the dentist! These spiders are a rusty
brown. So dont kill bird eating spiders because
if you killed all the spiders in the world bugs
would take over the world! So take my advice.
and dont kill them! P.S if you didnt get the
title the bird eating spider eats small birds!
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Goldenrod Spider
by Sawyer
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Goldenrod spiders are very small. It is hard to
see a little yellow spider on a yellow flower. A
Goldenrod spider is a part of the
Crabspider family. When the spider injects
venom into the prey, the preys insides into
liquid. The name Goldenrod is a flower and
the Goldenrod spider lives in Goldenrod
flowers. They are found in North America.
They are most commonly found in Goldenrod
flowers that attract large insects,
especially in Autumn. These spiders can change
their color! If they are on a white flower, it
will take 10 to 25 days but they will turn white.
If they are on a yellow flower they will turn
yellow.
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Lynx Spiders
by Morgann
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How much do you know about the lynx spider or
how much do you think you know about lynx
spiders? This next paragraph will tell you how
much you know about lynx spiders and how much you
do not know. Good luck!.
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If you like lynx spiders, keep reading. Lynx
spiders run after their prey. Lynx spiders have
two main body parts. They are the abdomen and the
cephalothorax. Some spiders have six eyes or
more. Spiders usually have three pairs of
spinners, but there are also a few spiders have
one or four pairs. Some spiders have up to 50,000
tubes or 2 tubes. The lynx spider can live in two
different places. The lynx spider can see up to
360 points of view. They need a whole lot of eyes
to keep the sight under control!. If you see a
lynx spider, do not kill it because if you do
bugs will take over the world!. The lynx spider
also sucks blood from bugs. Anyone know were the
blood donation is?. The lynx spider looks like a
big puffball of yarn with tan and vanilla yarn.
Scared? Want to quit? Well, its your lucky day
because all I have to say is ok.
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Jeweled Spider
Hayden
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The Jeweled spider has two names - Jeweled spider
and Gasteracantha Minax. Gasteracantha Minax
means threatening and projecting. These spiders
are found in tropical regions including Australia
and Tasmania. Jeweled spiders mostly live in
Australia. Females are larger than males
measuring 7mm opposed to the male spider
measuring 4mm. The abdomen is white, yellow and
black.
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The jeweled spider spins a fine circular web.
They mainly Eat flying insects, especially flies.
The spikes on a jeweled spiders back help them
stun their victims. Their bite brings
pain. Jeweled spiders are interesting.
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sea spiders
Sea Spiders
matthew
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Most Sea spiders have eight legs but some have
only have four to six legs. They have long legs
and a small body. They are carnivores. The
largest are 20 inches. They have two eyes like
humans. They are arthropods. They dont spin
webs. They live in the oceans mostly in the
Atlantic ocean, Mediterranean Ocean and Caribbean
Ocean.
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Brown Recluse Spider
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A brown recluse Spiders scientific name is
Loxesceles Reclusa. It lives in wood piles,
sheds, closets, garages, cellars and other
places that are dry and generally undisturbed.
They live in the states of Oklahoma and Texas
(Western U.S.A) This spider is not hairy. It can
lay up to 300 eggs.
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Brown recluse spiders are not aggressive. They
only bite if they feel danger. In your house they
hide in dirty clothes, behind pictures and in
cardboard. Sometimes a brown recluse spider bite
can take months to heal and can leave scars. If
you get bit, put an ice pack and Aloe Vera lotion
on the bite.
Sometimes the brown recluse spider is called the
fiddleback spider or the violin spider. They are
usually light tan to brown and only have six
eyes. The brown recluse spider is a web builder
and eats insects.
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