Spider

Introduction

Spiders are eight-legged creatures known for making silk webs to catch insects.
They live everywhere in the world except for Antarctica. There are about 38,000
species, or types, of spider. They are related to scorpions, ticks, and mites.

Physical features

Spiders are about 0.02 to 3.5 inches (0.5 to 90 millimeters) long. The largest spiders
are tarantulas. A spider’s body is separated into two parts: the cephalothorax and the
abdomen. The cephalothorax contains the stomach and brain. The legs are attached
to this part of the body. The abdomen contains the gut, the heart, the reproductive
parts, and the silk-making parts.

Spiders have four pairs of legs. The legs may have claws at the tip. A few species
use the first pair of legs as feelers to find prey.

Spiders have silk-making organs called spinnerets near the back of their body. They
spin silk from a liquid made by special glands. It becomes solid thread after the
spider pushes it out of its body.

Many spiders make venom, or poison, that they shoot into their prey. The venom of
most spiders is not harmful to people. But a few spiders, including the black widow
and the brown recluse, can cause pain and sometimes death in humans.
Behaviour

Spiders feed mostly on insects. Some spiders are hunters that chase and overpower
their prey. These spiders typically have a good sense of touch or sight. Other spiders
instead weave silk webs to trap flying insects. Some spiders also use silk to wrap
their prey, protect their eggs, or make nests.

Spiders are the only animals that digest their food outside their bodies. After
capturing its prey, a spider covers it with digestive juices. The juices break down the
prey’s body into a liquid form that the spider sucks up. Spiders repeat this process
many times and eventually digest most of the prey.

Life cycle

Female spiders lay egg sacs that hold several to a thousand eggs. The young of
most species go off on their own when they come out of the egg sac. Spiders
change little in appearance as they grow. They molt, or shed their outer covering,
multiple times before becoming adults.

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