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Information About Spiders
There are 35,000 kinds of spiders. The typical spider eats 4000 times it's own weight. According to Rainer F. Foelix in Biology of Spiders, "Spiders are distributed all over the world and have conquered all ecological environments, with perhaps the exception of the air and the open sea..."
The orb web spider releases a single thread into the wind, and when the free end catches hold, it attaches the thread. From this starting point, the spider makes it's orb shaped web, starting with radials, and then the spirals.
The net casting spider makes a diamond shaped web that it holds in it's front legs, and then casts over an insect. The net casting spider has large eyes.
Law enforcement officers have been inspired to create a cartidge that goes in a standard tear gas gun, and fires a kevlar mesh web at the suspect. This minimizes the risk of the arresting officer when dealing with subjects carrying weapons other than guns.
In south america, the bolus is used by patagonian indians. The bolus is a pair of balls attached that entangles the legs of an animal.
There is a spider that uses a bolus to catch moths. The web is scented to smell like a female moth.
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For further information, please refer to the books below:
 | Spiders by Gail Gibbons |
 | How To Know the Spiders |
 | The Anatomy of Insects and Spiders - Over 600 Exquisite Forms |
 | The Spider and the Fly |
 | Biology of Spiders |
 | Spiders and Their Kin (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press |
 | National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders |
 | The Very Busy Spider Board Book |
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