OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaSpiders are amazing little animals with eight legs! They are not insects because insects only have six legs. Most spiders can make silk that comes out of their body. They use this silk to spin sticky webs that catch flies and other bugs for dinner!
Spiders have eight legs and a body that is split into two parts. Many spiders have eight eyes, but some have fewer! Some spiders are tiny and some can be as big as a dinner plate. Spiders can be brown, black, yellow, or even bright colors like red and orange.
Spiders live almost everywhere on Earth, from gardens to houses to forests! They like to build their webs in quiet spots where bugs fly by. Spiders eat flies, mosquitoes, and other pesky bugs. Most spiders are harmless and are actually very helpful because they keep the bug population down.
- Spider silk is stronger than steel if you compare pieces the same size!
- Some spiders can jump up to 50 times their own body length.
- Spiders do not get stuck in their own webs because they have special oily feet!
- There are more than 45,000 different kinds of spiders in the world.
