Spiders

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Spiders

• A look at some of our strange and helpful friends

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Spider Facts

• There are many different types of spiders that
  live all over the Earth in practically every type
  of habitat. They come in colors including black,
  brown, white, gray, red, yellow, green, and
  orange. Most spiders live for about a year, but
  the tarantula can live for 15 years. Spiders
  range in size from barely visible to many inches
  across. Spiders are arachnids (and not insects)
  they are related to scorpions and ticks. Young
  spiders are often cannibals (they will eat each
  other), and females often eat the male after
  mating. Spiders are carnivores (meat-eaters)
  most eat insects (like moths and crickets), but
  the larger spiders, like tarantulas, will eat
  many other small animals.
• Webs Spiders produce silk in abdominal glands
  (called spinnerets). Spiders use silk to make
  webs and traps (for catching prey), shelter, life
  lines, cocoons, and diving bells (for those
  spiders who hunt underwater). The tips of the
  spider's legs are oily this oil keeps them from
  getting trapped in their own webs. Weight for
  weight, spider's silk is stronger than steel.

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Spider Anatomy and Life Cycle

• Anatomy All spiders have eight legs each leg
  has 2 to 3 tiny claws at the end. They have a
  two-part body and strong jaws (usually with
  poisonous fangs). They have a hard exoskeleton
  and not an internal skeleton.
• Life Cycle After mating with a male, the female
  spider produces an egg sac that can contain up to
  a thousand tiny spider eggs. The egg sac is made
  of silk, and the color varies from species to
  species. In some species, the female spider
  carries the egg sac on her spinnerets or in her
  jaws until the eggs hatch. In other species, the
  egg sac is hidden under a rock, attached to a
  plant stalk, or encased in a web. Tiny
  spiderlings (baby spiders) hatch from the eggs -
  they look like tiny versions of an adult spider.
  Some spiderlings are on their own and receive no
  care from their mother. Other spiders climb onto
  their mother's back after hatching, where she
  feeds them. In some species, the mother dies when
  the young are ready to go off on their own, and
  the spiderlings eat her carcass.

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Spider Anatomy
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Spider Anatomy Definitions
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Label the Spider Body Parts
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Daddy Long Legs

• Close, but No SpiderA Daddy-long-legs isnt a
  spider, though it looks a lot like one. It
  doesnt have a waist between its front body part
  and its abdomen. Its legs are longer and thinner
  than a spiders, and it carries its body hung
  low. Daddy-long-legs eat insects and worms, and
  some kinds also eat fungi and rotting fruit.

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