10 Most Spectacular Spiders
Published by Spectacular spiders found creeping and crawling on the planet are amazingly beautiful sights to behold. Which spider is your favorite?
Spiders are amazingly intelligent ambush hunters wherever in the world that these tiny wonderful creatures are found spinning their web. An invisible sticky silk thread that spiders naturally produce in the Spinneret Glands that are located in the abdomen. Spider’s webs are incredibly strong and they would have to be to catch potentially large flying insects that are unlucky enough to fly headlong into the spider’s lair.
Not all spiders spin silky steel-like thread webs to catch its dinner. Some spiders prefer catch-and-grab hunting technique. Find an unoccupied hole or dig your own, and then back into the hole and get comfortable, until an insect or small rodent wonders into striking range. Launch forward at lightening speed and quickly insert venom filled fangs to paralyze or kill prey, and then patiently wait until the guts have liquefied making for a most excellent midnight milkshake without the milk.
Jumping Spider
The Jumping Spider is most commonly found patrolling open woodland areas, but not mature hardwood forests possibly because competition for food is fiercer, but who really knows. These spiders have very powerful legs that allow them to jump about thirty times their body length, which this extraordinary ability is used to catch unsuspecting arthropods. When arthropods are not available this spider also will slurp up sweet nectar. Jumping Spiders use their silk threads to spin webs to lay eggs and occasionally catch them from crashing into the ground, when a jump goes bad.
Spiny Orb-Weaver Spider
The Spiny Orb-Weaver Spider is found throughout the world with some varieties residing in California and the southeast coastline of the US. This spider features a unique spiny back that has some distinguishing characteristics of a crab-like creature. It builds a web that is usually 10 to 12 inches across and up to a 30 inch radius making its trap perfect for most kinds of flying insects. Spiny Orb-Weavers can be found in white, orange or yellow with red markings and six wicked cool spines that poke out the edges of its abdomen.
Joro Spider
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On August 19, 2009 at 7:54 am
Imagine, those creepy crawleys look so beautiful at close quarters!
On August 19, 2009 at 9:03 am
truly spectacular spiders
On August 19, 2009 at 11:33 am
Beleive it or not Black Widow spiders are also in some parts of Canada, I use to live in Medicine Hat and reportedly they were there too. they are not my favorite spider, my favorites are the ones who stay away from me.
On August 19, 2009 at 11:56 pm
To be honest I don’t find any spiders spectacular, infact I’m actually a little freaked out by them. However Nelson, I did enjoy the research and facts within the work so well done.
RJ
On August 25, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Yeah, Spiderman is not including any real species here.
On November 22, 2009 at 3:27 am
Nice collection of spiders friend. Very good information.
Like you to go through my earlier articles too. They are good and unnoticed.
On February 4, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Whoa, jumping spiders are kind of cute, in a freaky way, my dad has a black widow in his garage, i belive it’s male.
On February 28, 2010 at 12:34 am
i’ve been bitten by a funnel web, and trust me, it isn’t a great experience. These spiders are wonderfully dangerous..always be careful near them.. especially in Australia.
On September 6, 2010 at 8:22 pm
I am in southern Alberta and have an infestation of spiders that look just like a black widow except for the color. They are the same size and shape but, are a dark brown that gets lighter on the belly with a black hourglass marking there. Has anyone ever heard of this? I have kids and worry about bites every summer.
On November 3, 2010 at 10:00 am
The jumping spider looks so freakin cute x]
On February 3, 2011 at 2:15 pm
I love the pictures but would not want these creatures in my apartment.