Bet You Didn't Know.......

Bet you didn't know......... Spiders








1. Golden Silk



orb-weaver spiders


vibrate their webs


to distract predators.

2. After a large meal,



a tarantula



may not eat


for another month.








3. Black widow spiders



are more venomous



than rattlesnakes.







4. Crab spiders


change color to


blend in with


their surroundings.





5. There are more than


37,000 species


of spiders.







6. A spider eats


about 2,000


insects a year.







7. The


oldest known
spider fossils
are more than


30 million
years old.







8. A pound of
spider silk
could strech


around the Equator.











Information by National geographic kids