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Spiders
Arachnida (Arachnids), with approzimately 39,500 identified species, are commonly known as spiders. All spiders are both carnivorous and venomous, but only a very small percentage are potentially dangerous to humans. Ask and answer questions here about these eight legged fascinating wonders.
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How harmful are spider mites to humans or pets?
No, spider mites are not at all dangerous to humans. They do not bite humans either. The spider mites will not infest a home either.
What is the name of the Large body orange spider found in Washington state?
I believe it's an orange orb spider.
There is also this-- Marbled Orbweaver, Araneus marmoreus. Though I do not know if that is the same kind.
How do tree trunk spiders reproduce?
Well this is kind of obvious they find the right person then they lay on a leaf together and get physical or in other words have sex by the male putting his penis in to the females vagina and then moving their body around and around and the sperm going in the vagina for it to find a egg and then one lucky sperm gets through and makes and baby tree trunk spider in the mum's tummy until it is ready to give birth. This happens by the female laying down on a leaf and for it to push hard and then out pops the baby tree trunk spider.
Yes, all spiders have glands which produce silk. Not all spiders build webs (orb, sheet, funnel or otherwise) but they all have the capability to make silk.
It sounds like a wolf spider. The female is much larger than the male. See the related link for an identification chart.
What are some basic needs a spider needs?
Spiders kill fleas and flies, without them the world would be infested with bugs
The speed at which a spider weaves a web is dependent on the size and location of the web as well as the size of the spider. A spider can typically create a web up to 20 times the size of their body. A well organised web can be created in 15-20 minutes. One that has to cover large gaps will take longer.
What spider has the most deadly bite?
What's the Most Venomous Spider? The Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria nigriventer) has such a strong venom that only 0.006mg will kill a mouse.
What are the Most Deadly Spiders?
Of the 35,000 species of spiders, only 27 species are known to have caused human fatalities. In the USA their is the Brown Recluse (Loxosceles reclusa) and the Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus). The venom of a Black Widow spider is 15 times as toxic as the venom of a prairie rattlesnake. The bite from a black widow spider is not automatically fatal. In fact, less than 1% of all people bitten by this spider run the risk of dying, and most of them are saved with the use of antivenin.
Can spiders sense fear in people who are afraid of them aka. arachnaphobian?
No...spiders cannot sense fear. Spiders do not have a sense of smell or emotional response. What they do sense is the jerky rapid movements that people who are afraid of them make. I work with tarantulas and I tell people that no matter how afraid they are, if they don't make sudden jerky movements then the tarantula will not run or act erratically. It works every time, I have people who are so terrified of tarantulas that they are shaking, but as long as they hold still, the tarantula is calm and does not make sudden movements
The most common use of the expression daddy longlegs is for a crane fly which is an insect, with six legs.
It has 6 legs and 2 antennae that look like legs so that is why everybody thinks that daddy long legs have 8 legs.
Daddy longlegs is also used, in North America, the UK, Australia and New Zealand for some types of spider and harvestman, both of which have eight legs. So this question does not have a simple answer.
What do you put on a bee sting?
You should put dock leaves on the sting. Dock leaves are alkaline and nettle stings are acid. Rubbing alkaline and acid together cause each one to water down, this is called neutralization.
Spiders kill many small insects. If there were no spiders, the number of these insect verities would go unchecked and the ecosystem would fail. The plant eating bugs would eat all of the plants, and bugs like the mosquito would be in much greater numbers.
Spiders are pretty important. But most creatures have an important role to fulfill.
How long can you wear a leg cast?
To determine this, it is necessary to know the specifics about the type of fracture, bone(s) involved, etc. The best person to ask this question to is a doctor, specifically an orthopedist, a surgeon specializing in the skeletal system.
The House Spider is brown in color and its body is about 3/8-inch long. Its abdomen is spherically shaped, and is white to brown in color with several dark markings. Males are smaller than females, and their legs are orange in color. The female's legs are yellow. This spider is the most common type of comb-footed spider, a group that includes the black widow species. They are urban pests named after the comb-like row of bristles located on the tarsi of their fourth pair of legs. House spiders are common throughout the world, and their webs are most often found in corners, basements, crawlspaces, under furniture and around windows. The venom is necrotic, causing open, localized wounds that may be slow to heal but Despite its aggressive nature, reported bites from this spider are relatively rare.
Brown Recluse
The brown recluse spider (Loxosceles spp.) is a poisonous spider that is light brown in color. It is about 1/2 inch in length, has a violin-shaped marking on the thorax (mid-section) and is sometimes called a fiddleback spider due to the unique markings. While most spiders have 8 eyes, the brown recluse has 6 (3 pairs). The brown recluse spider received its name because of its color and reclusive behavior. These spiders make an irregular and sticky web that is used for shelter rather than for trapping insects.
Black Widow
The female black widow spider (Latrodectus spp.) is a poisonous spider that has a somewhat round, shiny black abdomen with red markings that resemble an hourglass on the underside. The size of the body is approximately 1/2 inch wide and 1 1/2 to 1 3/8 inches long. Despite common opinion, the female rarely kills the male after mating.
Who is the world's smallest spider?
The spiders with no venom. But the least with venom is the black widow.
What does the black widow do to the male spider after reproduction?
After mating once the female Black Widow is pregnant for life. The females have a special receptacle that stores sperm for as long as she lives. When her eggs mature, the female spins a silk ball and deposits the eggs in the ball.(up to 400 at a time) after those tiny black widows exit the ball and scatter then the female Black Widow begins the process over and over until she dies. They can live for years. How may egg balls and young she will produce in her lifetime depends on how much food she captures.
I would say not. Screaming is a vocalization that humans make using their lungs and vocal cords. Spiders do not have either lungs similar to ours or vocal cords so they would not be able to scream.
They do have something similar to lungs that are more like gills, that help them breathe, called book lungs.
