Spiders

fangs

eyes

abdomen

spinnerets

legs

Do you know the names for any of the body parts on this spider?

There are lots of different spiders.

Spiders come in lots of different colours, shapes

and sizes.

This is the Garden Spider. This is the house spider.

This is the Water Spider.

This is a Tarantula.

This is a Black Widow Spider.

Spiders have 8 legs. If a spider loses a leg, it grows back.

Most spiders have eight eyes but there are some that have 2,4,6 or even 12

eyes!

Boy spiders are bigger than girl spiders.

Spiders spin a silky web with their spinnerets. It is very strong.

Spiders wrap their prey in silk and keep them on their web.

Spiders spin a cocoon to lay their eggs in.

Spiders hatch from eggs. This spider is carrying its cocoon with its eggs

inside.

Can you see the young spiders coming out from the cocoon?

This is a mother spider and her Spiderlings.

Questions:1. Can you remember the names of any of the

spiders?

2. How many legs do spiders have?

3. What happens if a spider loses one of its legs?

4. How many eyes do most spiders have?

5. Which spiders are the biggest?

6. What special jobs do spiders do?

7. What body part does the spider use to create their web?

8. What do spiders create to keep their eggs in?

9. What are baby spiders called?

10. Can you remember any of the names for the body parts on this spider?