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There have been many myths about spiders that have propogated through the ages. Here I will explain the truth with regards to the ten most popular spider myths.
Myth 1: The daddy-longlegs has the world’s most powerful venom, but fortunately its fangs are so small that it can’t bite you…
Humans have used spider silk for a number of uses for a long time. The Roman encyclopaedic Pliny tells us that spider web is excellent for sealing wounds and this is true as far as I know.
It has certainly been used by many people since then…
The are some pretty dangerous spiders roaming around our planet today. Here’s a look at two of the most notorious ones…
Brown Recluse
DESCRIPTION
The brown recluse spider (Loxosceles spp.) is a poisonous spider that is light brown in color…
The order Araneae (spiders) is traditionally divided into three divisions:
1) Mesothelae (also known as the Liphistomorpha). These normally have a narrow sternum and always have 4 pairs of spinnerets
2) Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and relatives - also called the Orthognatha or the Theraphosomorphae) …
Spiders are normally thought of by humans as scary beasts that serve no other purpose than to frighten the living daylights out of us…
Spiders are living animals and they therefore need to eat just as you and I need to eat. Because spiders are predatory animals eating means first catching some other living animal…
Tarantulas, or Theraphosids have recently become relatively familiar creatures in Europe and the North America. However, despite our familiarity with these large relatively harmless spiders, they are not really a sufficient apart of our history for us to have included them in our myths…
Arachnophobia is the scientific name for the fear of spiders…
Like all animals spiders need to reproduce and there are two main elements to this reproductive process…