Spiders, unlike insects, have only two body segments instead of three: a fused head and thorax and an abdomen. Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals that have two body segments, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts and no wings. Spiders are found all over the world. Spiders show a wide variety of behaviour, from the ballet-like mating dances of certain jumping spiders to the seeming athletics of bolas spiders snatching their prey. Most diversity comes with the mode of predation, for example whether the spider waits for it in its orb web, or hunts it down.
Most spiders are unlikely to bite humans because they do not identify humans as prey. Spiders, even small ones, may however bite humans when pinched.
Spiders do not intentionally bite or attack human as they do not find them as their prey. They do sometimes bite human when pinched and can leave you with a pain as dangerous as that of a bee sting. So it is better to remove them to avoid any future accidents.
If spiders are present in your area, be very careful when moving cardboard boxes and other such objects that may have become the shelter of a venomous spider. Do not be afraid; but just do not grab a spider. |
