Most tarantulas are hairy with 8 legs and 2 fangs and and are scary-looking spiders, however, they are virtually harmless to humans. Their bite might feel like a bee sting but it's venom is less than that of a bee, unless you have an allergic reaction to them. Insects are a tarantula...
The fangs work something like hypodermic needles. They have a small hole in the tip and a hollow duct inside. The duct leads to the venom gland, either inside the basal segment or farther back in the cephalothorax. When the spider pierces its prey with the fang, it squeezes out the ...
The next insect looks like a lovely green-eyed bee, but I soon realized it lacked certain bee characters and so it had to be a wasp. It took a while, but I finally identified it as belonging to the family Crabronidae, and the genusTachytes– that is all I know. These solitary wasp...
Many species of jumping spiders have black bodies, but some are brown, tan, or gray in color. They usually also have pale or colorful markings. These markings may be white, gray, yellow, red, blue, or green.Phidippus audaxhas brightly colored metallic or iridescent mouthparts called chelicera...
Brown recluse spiders live in an area spanning southeastern Nebraska to southwestern Ohio, south to northwestern Georgia and into Texas (red). Occurrences outside this range are very rare. Related species (purple, blue, aqua, green and yellow regions on the map) exist in the southwestern United...
Spiders eat insects along with a wide variety of food. While most spiders are carnivores, it is not always the case. What Foods Do Spiders Eat? First, not all spiders are strict carnivores. The beautiful green, gold, and red stripedBagheera kiplingiofCentral Americaeats structures called Belt...
Great idea for my niece’s 16th birthday on Halloween :) I was already planning to make vampire bites (red velvet cake dipped in black candy melts) and monster balls (ok, that name needs work- doesn’t sound..um… very proper) yellow cake tinted green with green candy melts. these mig...
The common name "black widow spider" most often refers to any of the three North American spider species with the distinctive dark body and red hourglass pattern. The name is also occasionally used to describe other — or even all — members of theLatrodectus(widow spider) genus, including th...
Let's face it, spiders are considered creepy by a large majority of people around the world. Yet when you ask them, most folks can't really name what it is about spiders that freaks them out so much. Usually explanations start with beady eyes, fangs, bites, or wrapping up their prey....
The bamboo spider, scientific nameSchizotetranychus celarius, affects bamboo, rice and sugar cane plants. It is particularly small and green, which allows it to camouflage itself from predators. It is common in the Pacific Northwest region, or wherever the aforementioned plants can be found. ...