Do spiders make noise?

Most spiders make no sounds at all, but a few arachnid species can produce noises. Many species of tarantula make a hissing sound and other spiders, like the wolf spider produce a 'purring' noise.
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Do house spiders make sounds?

Do Spiders Make Noise (What Sounds Do Spiders Make?) Most spiders make no noise at all, which is especially typical for domestic spiders and many spiders seen in the wild. There are some spiders, however, like the wolf spider or the tarantula, that might make some interesting sounds.
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Is there a spider that makes noise?

Biologists have known for awhile that wolf spiders (Gladicosa gulosa) can make sounds that humans can hear, explains Laura Geggel for Live Science.
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Do spiders make squeaky noises?

To produce the squeaking sounds, females scrape a part of their "pedipalp"—a leg-like appendage located near their mouths—against the file-like surface of their fangs, or "chelicera."
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What spiders make chirping sounds?

Now, a new study suggests Palpimanus spiders may use sound to avoid eating one another. Spiders in this genus have poor eyesight, relying instead on touch and vibration, and they can produce buzzing chirps by rubbing their facial appendages against file-like surfaces on their jaws.
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Do spiders chirp like crickets?

Several different groups of spiders make sound by rubbing body parts together, technique know as stridulation (that's how crickets chirp). Wolf Spiders are one of the more common of those groups, and some do, indeed, look sort of like Fishing Spiders.
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Do spiders make hissing noises?

Wolf spiders also make a hissing or purring noise.

The sound can be used as a defense strategy or, for male spiders, a mating behavior. "Those front legs have hairs that are best compared with Velcro, with little hooks on the end," Dill explained. "Some people say it sounds like a hiss when they hear it."
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Do spiders revenge?

No, spiders will not get revenge if you do something bad to it such as destroy its web, because it doesn't have an emotional capacity to do so. Revenge is a highly subjective act and very emotional, which is why it's rarely seen in animals other than humans.
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Do spiders talk?

Have you ever wondered how spiders find and communicate with each other? Like other animals and insects, spiders too, have their code of communication. They can send signals that only their fellow species can decode.
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Do spiders click?

Its feet have hardened tips and claws that produce a very distinct, clicking sound, not unlike that of a horse's hooves hitting the ground (albeit, admittedly, not as loud). But this is not the only sound this spider makes.
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Do black widows make noise?

They found that black widows vibrated their abdomens, producing very different sounds to other spiders and to prey items.
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Do spiders fart?

Since the stercoral sac contains bacteria, which helps break down the spider's food, it seems likely that gas is produced during this process, and therefore there is certainly the possibility that spiders do fart.
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What sounds do spiders hate?

The team established that the spiders freeze when exposed to low-frequency sounds of about 80 to 400 hertz that resemble a low hum, or buzz.
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Does killing a spider attract more?

No, dead spiders won't attract other spiders. At least not directly, but it might indirectly as their carcass can turn into food for other insects and attract other spiders to eat said insects.
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Do spiders know when you're looking at them?

The majority of spider species don't have good eyesight, so they don't know if you're looking at them or not.
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Do spiders try to avoid humans?

For one thing, spiders tend to avoid people, and have no reason to bite humans because they aren't bloodsuckers and don't feed on humans, Buddle said. "They are far more afraid of us than we are of them," he said. "They're not offensive."
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What is a hissing spider?

Australia's tarantulas make a fine hissing sound, hence their other name, Whistling Spiders. They have been called name Bird-eating spider but that is incorrectly modified from "Bird Spider" which was given because the giant South American spiders resemble a fluffy bird chick. These spiders rarely eat birds.
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Do spiders have feelings?

​​In short, biologically, spiders do experience feelings. Their neurons react to stimuli much like you and me; reactions that are reasonable for the situations that they're in. However, in terms of emotional feelings, the general consensus is that there isn't much.
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What noise does a tarantula make?

In addition to rearing up on their hind legs in a defensive stance, some tarantulas make a hissing or rasping noise as a defense against threat, warning predators (and humans) to stay away.
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Is there a spider that barks?

Barking Spiders produce their barking sound by rubbing rows of spines on their palaps against spines on their lower jaw. This noise is used to deter predators. The deserts are prone to flash flooding and Barking Spiders live in burrows with leaky rooves.
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Are Barking spiders poisonous?

Venom. The bite from an Eastern tarantula is not fatal to a human, but can cause up to six hours of vomiting. The venom can cause death to a dog or cat within thirty minutes.
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Do spiders whistle?

Australia's tarantulas make a fine hissing sound, hence their other name, Whistling Spiders. They have been called name Bird-eating spider but that is incorrectly modified from "Bird Spider" which was given because the giant South American spiders resemble a fluffy bird chick.
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Why are spider crickets in my house?

If you live in a marshy or wooded area close to water, have a damp basement or crawl space, you may find your home infested with cave crickets. Cave crickets, also known as camel or spider crickets flock towards dark damp spaces to live and reproduce.
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Do spider crickets bite humans?

Spider Crickets Don't Bite (Technically)

The short answer is no. They don't. The long answer is a little more complicated. Their mouthparts are built for chewing, not biting, and they will gnaw on just about anything, including fabrics, wood, cardboard, plants, and even each other.
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