Spiders

Spiders

Any arachnid of the order Araneae, having a body divided into a cephalothorax with eight legs, two poison fangs, and two feelers as well as an unsegmented abdomen with several spinnerets that produce the silk used to make nests, cocoons, or webs for trapping insects.

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Chelicera

Animals; Spiders

Chelicerae are the first pairs of appendages of the front of an arachnids body. Some arachnids have pincers on the end and some spiders can inject venom through them.

Silk

Animals; Spiders

A fibrous material that is produced by spiders and some insects.

Argyrodes columbrinus

Animals; Spiders

Usually known as the whip spider, although this name is also used for another arachnid and could lead to confusion. Found in Australia, this spider has a long, thin abdomen similar to a snake's body, ...

Scorpion tailed spider

Animals; Spiders

So named because of the female's weird abdomen, ended in a "tail" similar to that of a scorpion. When threatened, the scorpion-tailed spider arches this tail as a scorpion would. Only the female has ...

Argyroneta aquatica

Animals; Spiders

Known usually as the water spider or diving bell spider, it is the only completely aquatic spider in the world. It is found in Europe and Asia, from the UK to Siberia, and lives in ponds, slow moving ...

Bird dung crab spider

Animals; Spiders

This spider has one of the most effective camouflages of all animals; its body is covered in blobs and warts that give it the appearance of a fresh piece of bird excrement; it often produces a small ...

Brazilian Wandering Spider

Animals; Spiders

The Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria) or banana spider appears in the Guinness Book of World Records 2007 for the most venomous spider and is the spider responsible for most human deaths.