Bugs #6 - Spider

Small camoflaged container with Bug, log and pencil. 

Please do not try and remove the bug. It will bite you and suck your blood dry. 

Spiders are a type of arachnid that differ from insects in having eight legs rather than six and in having the body divided into two parts rather than three. 

The use of silk is highly developed among spiders. All spiders are predators, feeding almost entirely on other arthropods, especially insects.

Some spiders are active hunters that chase and overpower their prey. These typically have a well-developed sense of touch or sight.

Other spiders instead weave silk snares, or webs, to capture prey. Webs are instinctively constructed and effectively trap flying insects. 

Spiders range in body length from 0.5 to about 90 mm (0.02–3.5 inches). 

The largest spiders are the hairy mygalomorphs, commonly referred to as tarantulas, which are found in warm climates and are most abundant in the Americas. 

The smallest spiders belong to several families found in the tropics, and information about them first became known in the 1980s. Female spiders generally are much larger than males, a phenomenon known in animals as sexual size dimorphism

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