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Can big spiders climb walls

Updated: 8/9/2023
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12y ago

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Spiders are able to climb walls because of tiny hooks on the ends of their legs.

Spiders have hundreds of thousands of tiny hairs on their feet. There is an electrostatic force between each of these hairs and the surface it touches. It is very small but multiply that by hundreds of thousands and you have a charge big enough to stick to any surface , no matter how smooth.

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14y ago

They have tiny hook-like things stuck to their legs. These grapple minuscule irregularities in the surface of objects - a bit like Velcro - and allows the spider to climb. Rougher surfaces are best for spiders because it gives them better grip. Many other insects do the same which is why ants and cockroaches can climb walls.

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14y ago

yes they can. before there prey comes to eat them.

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15y ago

not all of them just some cause' the one that can have sucktion cups on their legs.

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12y ago

Yes they can yesterday i saw this small spider climbing my wall. So yes big spiders can climb walls

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14y ago

Yes mice can climb wals.

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14y ago

YES!

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