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 The Body of a Spider |
 Spider Faces |
 Spider Feet |
 The Spider's Silk
Spider silk in general is
remarkable for its strength and elasticity, but
there are many different kinds, all with special
properties, and each used for a specific purpose. |
 Spider Webs In its natural habitat each species
builds its traps according to predetermined,
inherited patterns. Whether the web is made by a
newly-hatched spiderling or a full-grown spider,
the design is the same. Only the size differs. |
 Trap-Door Spiders are so-named because of their habit of
digging a burrow into the ground, which is lined
with silk, and capping the burrow with a
trap-door made from layers of silk and earth. |
 Common
House Spider (Achaearanea
tepidariorum) The house spider's webs are made of
sticky strands that catch dust and other debris
as easily as prey. These webs are commonly found
in houses and are what most people refer to as
cobwebs. |
 Black
Widow (Latrodectus mactans)
Despite its common name, a female black widow
does not invariably eat the male after mating. In
fact, it is actually fairly common for the male
to live long enough to mate with several females. |
 Goliath
Bird-Eating Spider (Theraphosa
blondi) Although it is easily large and powerful
enough to catch them, and despite its name, the
Goliath rarely eats birds, although it will eat
hatchlings. Its usual diet consists of frogs,
small snakes, beetles, insects, lizards, and even
bats. |
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