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I went outside, and I saw a spider on its web, and on its web, I also saw a white egg sac, wrapped in silk. This spider was on the left side of the front door. This spider, was three sixteenth of an inch long. It had a jagged white line, going down the center of its abdomen. There were some dark areas, on each of its eight legs. The body is divided into two segments. The cephalothorax and the abdomen. The cephalothorax and the abdomen, are connected by a thin waist, called the pedicel. Spiders have 8 jointed legs ( walking legs ). Spider legs, are made up of seven segments. Spiders have no wings, and no antennae. Spiders have simple eyes. Spiders have up to eight eyes. Since they do not have antennae, spiders use specialized and sensitive setae on there legs, to pick up scent, sounds, vibrations, and air currents. The abdomen has no appendages, except from one to four modified pairs of movable telescoping organs called spinnerets, which produce silk. Spiders are air-breathing arthropods, that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs, that inject venom. Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae
Spiders are able to live just about anywhere. You can find spiders, living in very dry climates. The tropics, are home to many species of spiders. Spiders are known as terrestrial, and they almost always live on land. You can find spiders living in trees, on plants, and even living on blades of grass, in your garden. Spiders are quite versatile, and they do well in all types of environments. Some spiders live along the edges of lakes and ponds. Some spiders live inside your home. Food supply, has a great deal of influence, in a spiders habitat. Spiders need to build there webs, and have enough prey to come along, for them to survive.
I went outside, and I saw a spider on its web, and on its web, I also saw a white egg sac, wrapped in silk. This spider, was on the left side, of the front door. This spider, was three sixteenth of an inch long. It had a jagged white line, going down the center of its abdomen. There were some dark areas, on each of its eight legs.
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