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Spider

TYPE:   ARACHNID

RANGE:
Most of North America
FOOD:
Insects
PREDATORS:
Birds, frogs, toads, mice,
reptiles, centipedes,
beetles, cicadas, other
spiders, humans
HABITAT:
Fields, forest floors,
parks, gardens, buildings

 


DESCRIPTION
  • Some people think of spiders as insects, but they are not. Unlike insects, they have eight legs, not six, and no antennae.
  • Spiders are hunters. Many of them build sticky webs to catch their insect prey which they then paralyze and eat.
  • Although all spiders make poison, not many can seriously harm humans.
 

LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION 

http://www.insect-world.com/main/araneae.html

http://members.aol.com/YESedu/MBP01.html (spider link)

 

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