SPIDERS

2. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ARACHNID INCLUDE SCORPIONS, MITES, TICKS AND HARVESTMEN

3. AN ABNORMAL FEAR OF SPIDER IS CALLED ARACHNOPHOBIA

4. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 40,000 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SPIDER

5. GIANT HUNTSMAN SPIDERS HAVE LEG SPANS OF AROUND 30CM(12 IN)

6. MOST SPIDERS ARE HARMLESS TO HUMANS BUT A FEW SPECIES SUCH AS THE BLACK WIDOW CAN BITE HUMANS AND IINJECT VENOM

7. MOST TARANTULA SPECIES POSE NO THREAT TO HUMANS

8. SPIDERS DON'T HAVE ANTENNAE WHILE INSECTS DO

9. THE LARGEST SPECIE OF TARANTULA IS THE GOLIATH BIRD EATER

10. MOST SPIDERS MAKE SILK WHICH THEY USE TO MAKE TO CREATE SPIDER WEBS TO CATCH THERE PREY