Spiders
My feature spider is the banana spider.
By: Garrett
BANANAS
I chose the banana spider because I like
bananas. His color is bright yellowish with
black and red. He looks poisonous but he
isn't. He should be like,"hey, look I'm
poisonous, not really." His cephalothorax is
like a little Easter egg. His abdomen is the
shape of a stretched out olive. It's like a
football but thinner. His legs are like fishing
hooks. They look kind of creepy. His legs are
thin, like 1 centimeter thin. He has eight eyes.
They are like in checker board form. His size is
5 inches. He could be the size of 2 index
fingers!
SOME
WHERE
The Banana spider live in south eastern states. And
lives in woods. They live in Australia, South Africa,
Chile, South America and New Zealand.
THE WEB
They are orb weavers. I don't know what orb weavers
are. I just found it on the paper. I think it is a web
builder. He doesn't use camouflage because he
doesn't need it. My spider eats flying insects, flies,
bees, wasp, moths and butterflies. Man he needs to
go on a diet. Birds, lizards and toads eat spiders.
LIFE
The life cycle of the banana spider. First it starts like
an egg in an egg sac. Then they hatch "at first it looks
like a million but there’s only about 500". Then fly
away with their drag lines. It is called ballooning.
Then they grow up and molt." Then it starts all over
again".
What is a Spider?
A spider is a thing that keeps our
animals that we eat from starving.
It is a part of our food cycle.
Spiders keep the bugs from
destroying the world. Some are
good. Some are bad. That's just the
way of life.
Parts
of a
spider
one of
8 legs
pedipalps
2 body parts
cephalothorax
abdomen
8 eyes
spinnerets
They eat
grasshoppers. They
don’t let insects rule
the world.
They suck humans
blood as well.
Some might hurt
you.
good
bad
things about spiders
things about spiders
Spiders make webs to
trap bugs so they can
eat. And they need to
crawl some where.
But…I also learned
that spiders use their
silk to fly away like a
balloon.
These are three facts I learned
about spiders:
1Some make webs.
2.They use their web to fly away.
It is called ballooning.
3.Some can jump 10 times his
own body length.
Spiders
are
awesome.
Glossary
Abdomen – The back part of a spider.
Ballooning –Sinning so much web you float
away.
Banana- A curved yellow fruit.
Cephalothorax – The part that has the eyes on it.
Dragline – A line that spiders use to come down
to get there pray.
Molt – To shed the outer skin at a certain time.
references
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/insects/
Banana Spider
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