Spiders
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How Does A Spider Spin His Web?
Comparison of Web-Builders and Wandering Spiders
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Web- Builders |
Wandering Spiders |
| Make webs | Do not make webs, crawl on ground. |
| tiny eyes, poor eyesight | good eyesight: two large front eyes. |
| Sensitive legs, good sense of touch. | larger, powerful jaws |
| Web-builders have three claws on each foot. The middle claw holds the silk. | larger sharp fangs |
| Long skinny legs to help them balance and glide over their webs. | Wandering spiders have only two claws on each foot with
a pad of hair between them to help their grip.
Hairy legs and body. The hair is sensitive and helps them find their prey |
Spiders
By Janet Bruno
Spiderlings hatch from eggs.
Each one has eight tiny legs.
A spider has more eyes than you.
Most have eight, and you have two.
A spider has two body parts.
Across its web it quickly darts.
From a spider’s spinnerets
Sticky spider silk jets.
Spiders feel the frantic tugs,
Of their favorite food: it’s bugs!
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Page updated 04/23/05