Mini-beast ReportSpiders

By: Joni Makinen

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Description

Dynamics

Spider names

Diagram of Spider

Spiders are Helpful

Our Responsibilities

Conclusion

Table of Contents

How Spiders are Like

Description of a Spider

Feelers

Legs

Legs

Spiders belong to the family of arachnids. Arachnids are creatures

with 8 legs such as scorpions, crabs and spiders. Spiders have 2

body parts called the cephalothorax (head and chest) and abdomen. Spiders have 8

eyes, spinnerets, pedipalps (feelers) and 4 pairs of legs. Even though arachnids look different, they are all made the same way.

SpinneretsAbdomen

Eyes

Cephalothorax

Spiders LocationSpiders live in many areas of the world. Spiders can live in the hot deserts of Saudi Arabia. Spiders can live near water, in woods and forests. Spiders can live in these places depending on the climate.

Keep your eyes open for spiders everywhere!

Spider in caveSpider in water

What does a Spider do

Spiders have only one job and that is....to capture insects!!! Spiders capture food from air like a cobweb spider. Spiders also capture food from the ground like the

tarantula. Spiders capture insects in air by making a web with its spinnerets. Spiders capture insects on ground by surprising its victim. All spiders either

capture from web or ground.

What does a Spider eat

Spiders eat all sorts of insects and bugs. Spiders also eat their predators. Spiders are carnivores so

that means it eats meat to live. But some predators such as scorpions and birds take over spiders.

Spiders almost eat any insect. All spiders do have predators.

Click here to see how a spider kills it’s victim

How do Spiders move

Spiders all move in the same way. Spiders crawl with 8 legs. Spiders crawl very quietly so they can

strike its victim. Spiders are sort of like ninjas. Spiders like to be quiet so they can catch it’s prey.

Different Sorts of Spiders

garden spider

water spider

cobweb spider

brown recluse spider

black widow

funnel weaver spider

nursery spider

barn spider

orb web spider

wolf spider

trapdoor spider

jumping spider

tarantulacrab

spiderlynx

spider

sac spider

goliath bird

eating spider

Spiders that spin webs

Spiders that don’t spin webs

Extra information of a Spider

    Nervous system

    Digestive & excretory system

    Circulatory system

    Respiratory system

    Reproductive system  1 Chelicera  2 Venom gland  3 Brain  4 Pumping stomach  5 Forward aorta branch  6 Digestive cecum  7 Heart  8 Midgut  9 Malphigian tubules10 Cloacal chamber11 Rear aorta12 Spinneret13 Silk gland14 Trachea15 Ovary (female)16 Book lung17 Nerve cord18 Legs19 Pedipalp

How Spiders Help Us

Our Responsibilities

How do Spiders Help UsSpiders help us by eating bugs that get caught in there web. If we didn’t have spiders if we would be breathing bugs

instead of oxygen!!!This is the reason why you should not kill

or step on a spider. Click here to see how spiders help us.

Our Responsibilities

If you see a spider leave it’s habitat’s alone. If you kill a spider you will have more bugs in the world which is bad which means that

you should be ashamed of yourself.

A dead spider.

GlossaryMini-beasts

Mini-beasts are creature with an outer skeleton.

Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia is a hot

desert or country in Africa

PredatorsPredators are enemy’s of some sort of creature who eats them

ClimateClimate means weather for instance snowy or rainy

ArachnidsArachnids are creatures with 8 legs

like spiders or scorpions

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