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Q: How does a spiders exoskeleton protect a spider?
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Does a spider have an internal skeleton or an exoskeleton?

Yes, you can see it particularly on small dead spiders, they go kind of transparent.


Is a jumping spider a vertebrate?

No. Spiders have no bones. They are invertebrates. They have an exoskeleton, much as do insects.


Does a black widow spider have a shell?

In a sense, yes. Spiders are arthropods and thus have a hardened exoskeleton.


Does a wolf spider have a backbone?

No, it only has an exoskeleton, like all arachnids.


How do spiders protect them selfs?

When you mess with a spider it will bite you and that is how spiders protest them self.


Does a spider have vertebrae?

Spider do not have backbones; spiders have an exoskeleton (their bodies are supported by the outer shell of their bodies which is made of chitin).


Why do spiders turn white?

Spiders turn white when their body stops receiving blood flow. The exoskeleton that appears white after the spider dies is called the chitin.


Does a spider have external plates that support and protect or external shell?

Yes they do and its called a "Exoskeleton!"


Do spiders have a skeleton?

Spiders do not have a skeleton on the inside of their body. They have what is called an "exoskeleton" which is basically a hardened outer shell that covers their entire body.Spiders have an exoskeleton.


What does a spider have at the end of each leg?

it's called an exoskeleton. it protects the spider from harm. as a spider grows, its exoskeleton will become to small for it, and it'll shed the exoskeleton. this process is called molting. you know when a spider (especially a tarantula, where it's very pronounced) is about to molt because the abdomen will start to glaze over. if it's a hairy spider, it'll look like it's balding on its abdomen. exoskeleton whoever wrote this its really very good


What kind of spider looks like it has a yellow shell on it's back?

The spider with a light yellow spiked shell and black dots is the star spider. The star spider is commonly found is the Southern parts of the United States and Central America.


How does the black tunnel web spider protect itself?

When the spider is in its web it will be safe from predators except from spider eating wasps which can find the spiders in their webs. If the spider is out of its web it cant protect itself but only can run and try and get away.