Eight legs
Black Widow Spider
Some spiders hang nets of silk from corners or branches.
Many people don’t like spiders. But spiders help us. They eat many
insects that are harmful to people.
Some spiders trap insects in webs made of silk. The silk comes out of
tiny holes in the spider’s body. The silk is a liquid that becomes a
thin, strong thread when air touches it.
Different kinds of spiders make different kinds of webs. Garden spiders
make sticky webs. Black widow spiders make tangled webs. Grass spiders
make webs like little sheets.
Fisher Spider
Some spiders dive into water and catch small fish and water insects.
Flying insects get tangled in the nets.
Garden Spider
Some spiders fasten long, silk threads together like spokes of a
wheel. They connect them with sticky threads on which insects get
stuck. This kind of web is called an orb web.
the back of the spider\’s body.
An insect has six legs, wings, and feelers. But a spider has eight legs
and no wings or feelers. A spider’s skin is hard and covered with hair.
Wolf spiders and lynx spiders catch insects by chasing them. Jumping
spiders catch insects by jumping on them.
Some spiders are fishermen. They wait by a stream or pond and catch
water insects that swim past. Sometimes they dive into the water and
grab fish. A raft spider makes a little boat of silk and leaves. When a
small fish or water insect swims near the boat—the spider grabs it.
Spiders aren’t insects. Insects have wings, feelers, and six legs.
Spiders have no wings or feelers, and they have eight legs. Eight-legged
animals are called arachnids.
Crab
