![]() Spiders recognized as dangerous include true funnel-web spiders, the redback and brown widow spiders, and the mouse spiders. If they are in your area they are common in storage areas, under plants and under sheets of wood or cardboard. Be cautious of black widow spiders whose webs are strong and sticky. Burrowing spiders may be found under rocks, logs, in debris or old litter. Many spiders live in a retreat area off the web. Spiders build webs in shrubs, trees, along rock walls, storage rooms and in corners. Some wasps, other spiders, birds and lizards prey on spiders. The jumping spiders do not make webs, but actively hunt for prey. Species that burrow into soil may situate nests under a log, rock or in a crevice. A retreat area may be just off the web in a crevice, rolled leaf, or twig. Some web spinners build their nest on the ground to catch walking insects and arthropods. ![]() If a web builder, the nest is usually near where insects will fly, for example, near flowers or moist areas. Common prey include crickets, flies, bees, grasshoppers, moths and butterflies. Spiders are predators that eat various other arthropods, usually smaller than themselves. Arachnids breathe air through book-lungs, gill-like structures. ![]() They are cold-blooded their body temperature depends on the temperature of their environment. The prosoma anchors the chelicerae (pincers), pedipalps (mouth parts) and four pairs of legs.Īrachnid are aggressive predators. The body is divided into the prosoma and the abdomen. ![]() Spiders are carnivores (meat-eaters) most eat insects (like moths and crickets), but the larger spiders, like tarantulas, will eat many other small animalsĪrachnid (spiders) have an exoskeleton, a two-part segmented body, and 8 jointed legs. Young spiders are often cannibals (they will eat each other), and females often eat the male after mating. Spiders are arachnids (and not insects) they are related to scorpions and ticks. Spiders range in size from barely visible to many centimetres across. Most spiders live for about a year, but the tarantula can live for 15 years. They come in colors including black, brown, white, gray, red, yellow, green, and orange. There are many different types of spiders that live all over the Earth in practically every type of habitat. ![]()
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