How do spiders make a web?
That’s a good question. A helpful diagram is at this website. Look at this diagram of a spider’s web and the labeled parts. Where on Earth do spiders live? They live on every continent except Antarctica. How do spiders reproduce? They lay thousands of eggs in an egg sac. Now, that’s a lot of spider diapers. To see a video of the mating rituals of a black widow spider and the egg sac that the female produces, check out this National Geographic video. Are spiders good parents? Well, what we want to know is do they protect their babies from predators? The black widow female does, so don’t try to mess with her. Ever. What do you call a baby spider? Baby spiders are called spiderlings. Of course, when 1,000 come out of an egg sac, the mother would have a difficult time naming each and remembering who is who since they’d all be twins (x 100) and look alike. Click here if you want to see lots of spiderlings. Did you know that spiderlings molt once (because they grow bigger) inside the egg sac
