Spiders are feared and disliked by most people (no shit?) but they are one of the most impressive, amazing and awesome animals on Earth. They are top notch predators and have amazing hunting skills. They have survived in the last 400 million years (A blatant lie, since the Bibblel sez the Earth is 6,000 years old. Only!) now spiders exist all over the world in every environment. According to experts, there are 1 million spiders per acre on earth and in the tropical areas this number goes even higher up to 3 million spiders per acre. We've collected some of the most interesting spider facts; youll surely love to read. (As if...) Spiders are evil bastards, especially females!
1. Spiders Can Provide Effective Pest Control
The first fact in these interesting spider facts list is about the benefits spiders can provide to humans. Domestic spiders can be very helpful for humans as they keep the insect population in control. The favorite food of spiders is insects and they like to eat insects like roaches, mosquitoes, flies moths and many more. Some of these insects like mosquitoes, fleas, flies and cockroaches can spread many dangerous diseases in humans. So spiders in fact are your best friends that help you in controlling pest population. (What the fuck are 'domestic' spiders?)
2. Amazing Hunting Skills
In this interesting spider facts list, this fact is about the amazing hunting skills of spiders. All spiders have amazing hunting skills which they use to capture and kill their prey. Different species of spiders use different techniques to catch their prey. One species of spider that is known as bolas spiders uses a quite fascinating and amazing technique to capture its prey. Like most of the spiders, bolas spider doesnt weave or spin webs to capture its prey. It uses its silk as a weapon to hunt its prey. Bolas spiders make a capture blob with their silk which is attached to a thin silk thread line which is known as bolas. To attract their prey towards them, bolas spiders release some pheromones from their body. When their prey which is mostly consists of moths comes in their range, they swing their bolas at their prey and catch them like a fisherman catches fish with his fish hook.
3. Fish Hunting Spiders
As weve mentioned before that spiders are one of the most skilled predators on our earth. Usually spiders are considered to be only land dwelling animals that only prey upon land insects. But spiders will never cease to surprise you. There are many species of spiders that are skilled in hunting fish. Here are some of the most interesting spider facts about these fish hunting spiders. These fish hunting spiders are called dolomeds and they are also known as fishing spiders and dock spiders. These spiders are found on every continent of earth except Antarctica. Small spiders usually eat insects but the large spiders of this species like fish more than insects. These spiders reach near the bank of a stream or pool and stay alert. These spiders have claws at the end of their front legs. When they see any fish near the bank, they attack it very swiftly by running across the surface and catch it with their front legs in their claws. Then they inject venom in their prey that makes it immobile. Spider then drags it to the bank and eats it. A species of spider known as six-spotted spider walks on the water to capture its prey. Another species of spiders called diving bell spider can actually go beneath the water and stay there for almost a day. These spiders weave a bubble like structure around them and trap air in it. When the air runs out, they come to the surface for refill.
4. Jumping Spiders
Jumping spiders are known for their unique and amazing ability of jumping long distances when they are hunting or when they are in danger. Here are some of the interesting and interesting spider facts about these jumping spiders. Jumping spiders are very commonly known and wide spread all around the world. The jumping spider family has about 5,000 species of spiders. Jumping spiders dont have very strong legs to jump but they use hydraulic pressure system of the body to jump. This system transfers fluids in their legs by squeezing and altering the pressure of body fluids. These fluids expand their legs and enable them to jump. These spiders use their jumping technique to capture their prey.
5. Some Spiders Live Together and Weave Large Webs
The last one of these interesting spider facts is about the spider species that like to live together like ants. Spiders that live together Spiders are usually known as quite anti-social and mostly they like to live alone. They are usually very aggressive towards other spiders and they can even eat them. But there are some species of spiders that are quite social and like to live together. Most of these spider species lives in tropical areas and some of them are even found in United States. These spiders build a large web which increases their chances of capturing prey. By weaving big webs, theyre even capable of capturing large prey like birds and bats.
