What Do Spiders Eat
Spiders are animals that have 8 legs and use their fangs to inject venom into other animals and sometimes humans. But what do spiders eat? This post will answer that question, and also look at some interesting facts about spiders.
What do spiders eat?
Different species of spiders eat different things. Most species trap small insects and other spiders in their webs and eat them. A few large species of spiders prey on small birds and lizards. One species is vegetarian, feeding on acacia trees. Some baby spiders eat plant nectar. In captivity, spiders have been known to eat egg yoke, bananas, marmalade, milk and sausages.
Interesting Facts About Spiders
- There are over 40,000 different species of spiders!
- Most spiders live on their own. A few species of spiders build webs together and live in communities of up to 50,000 spiders.
- Most spiders only bite humans in self-defense. Brazilian Wandering Spiders, however, often attack humans. There were only 100 reported deaths from spiders bites in the 20th century (the 1900′s)
- In Cambodia, cooked tarantula spiders are a delicacy.
- Most species of spiders live for only 1-2 years, although some tarantulas have lived for up to 25 years in captivity.
- Most female spiders look after their young. They carry them around and feed them.
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eloc
spiders are cool
Veronica
Wow i didnt know that myself
Curious
Would it be a bad idea to keep one tha I just caught off my window as a pet?
Want to know it
Curious,
It depends on what sort of spider it is! Probably not safe to keep it if it is poisonous but if not then it is probably okay.
megan
will a spider eat a dead centipede?
Want to know it
Most spiders will.
louisa taylor
I have loads of spiders in my room for time to time! So the next spider I am gonna keep and call it james!
eduardo
I caught a big and beautiful spider. Brown with black spots… I called it George. If it is a female Will call it Georgina…For now, as I don’t know whether is male or female will stick to George.
yuuri nonaka
i have a spider
warby13
can we feed a spider egg yoke and sausages mixed together
Want to know it
I have no idea. It must be the strangest thing anyone has ever asked me!
Someguy
I just caught a nice spider, it’s not very big, but it’s a shiny black with a neat looking red mark underneath it.
Can anyone help me think of a name?
jay
your crazy i think that would be a black widow spider kill it
christina
Ya how about “put it back” its a black widow. if it bites you, you can die
Ry
I found a nice size spider in my house, I caught him and now he lives in a small fish tank, I feed him 2 flies once a day.. Hes a fast hunter + he looks bad azz!
conner
i found two spiders in my backyard gill and fred
mattygog
i love spiders
Haley
This article really helped me on my science fair project. Thank you so much!