What do spiders drink?

Yes, spiders do drink water. In the wild, most will drink from any available source such as droplets on vegetation or the ground, and from early morning or evening dew that has condensed on their webs.
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How do you give spiders water?

Provide water.

In addition to food, you need to provide fresh water for your spider. You can use a plastic bottle cap as a water bowl if you have a small spider in a small cage. If you have room, give your spider a small bowl of water. Spiders will also drink the water off of damp webbing.
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Do spiders drink water from your mouth?

Myth: Spiders drink moisture from the mouths or lips of sleeping humans. Fact: I have heard this legend verbally but it does not seem to be recorded in print anywhere.
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Do spiders drink blood?

No, there are currently no known spider species that will suck the blood of mammals or humans. Some insects do that, like ticks or mites, but spiders will never suck the blood from another creature. Instead, spiders liquefy their prey to make it more easily digestible, especially in the case of larger species.
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Do spiders pee?

Spiders don't produce urine like we do, but produce uric acid, which doesn't dissolve in water and is a near-solid. Spiders have this alternate form of waste because they can't afford to lose as much water as we do.
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How Spiders Drink Water



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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Is spider poop toxic?

Experts perceive it might be because of potential antimicrobial properties found in spider venom and blood. So is spider poop toxic? The answer to this is no. Spider poop is not toxic.
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How do you feed a spider?

If you manage to find small bugs in your house, you can gently place them on their web too. You can also offer anything you would feed to a pet spider, such as crickets, mealworms, flightless fruit flies, and roaches. A wild-caught species is fine to be fed wild-caught prey.
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Can spiders bite you?

Insect and spider bites often cause minor swelling, redness, pain, and itching. These mild reactions are common and may last from a few hours to a few days. Home treatment is often all that is needed to relieve the symptoms of a mild reaction to common stinging or biting insects and spiders.
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Do spiders bleed red?

Spiders don't have 'real' blood. Like most arthropods, they have a liquid called hemolymph. Hemolymph acts as a replacement for blood, ensuring oxygen can reach all the cells in a spider's body. However, hemolymph does not contain red or white blood cells.
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Do spiders drink milk?

Like many mammals, newly hatched spiderlings are entirely dependent on milk to meet their nutritional needs. In this case, for the first 20 days of the young spiders' lives.
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Do spiders crawl in your ears when you sleep?

The fear of a bug in the ear is of course not completely unfounded: in the worst case, a small spider or other insect could crawl into your ear while you sleep.
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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 do spiders drink in the house?

Wild spiders will sip from any available water source they can find, including the dew drops that form on their webs. House spiders may drink from condensation on window sills, and pet spiders must be provided with a water dish to drink from.
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Do spiders like to be pet?

You can pet some big spiders like tarantulas, but I think that most spiders probably prefer that you show affection by watching them from a respectful distance and maybe offering food treats.
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Can I keep a spider as a pet?

Spiders can live quite comfortably in a small terrarium, taking up very little space. Pet spiders are fascinating to observe. Spiders are inexpensive to maintain. A spider requires little to no socialization, so it won't be lonely if you only own one.
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Do spiders remember you?

One of the most basic reasons a spider won't remember you is because it can't see you or your face, according to the Australian Museum. About half the spiders out there catch prey with webs. They don't need great eyesight, they just have to sit and wait for their prey to come to them.
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Do spiders sleep?

In general, many spiders, such as house spiders, will sleep during the day and hunt at night. They follow daily cycles of rest and activity, known as the circadian rhythm.
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Why do spiders have 8 eyes?

Spider eyes for spider lives

Jumping spiders are active hunters, like tiny lions chasing down their prey (bugs). They usually have eight eyes: two very large front eyes to get a clear, colour image and judge distance, and extra side eyes to detect when something is moving.
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What can I feed my house spider?

What Do Spiders Eat?
  • Their diet includes basically any insect that flies or crawls, including ants, bees, mosquitoes, cockroaches, centipedes, aphids, flies, beetles. ...
  • Yes, whether the fleas are in your garden or inside your house, spiders will happily feed on them.
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Do spiders eat sugar?

They tend to prefer sugar water and they are in need of adequate nutrition. Spider feeding usually takes place at night when they are predators. However, for those that are after plants or nectar they are going to be active during the day.
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How long can a spider go without eating?

Larger species tend to live longer without food than smaller species, but in general, they can go anywhere from 30-60 days without food. Even baby spiders can go without food for nearly the same amount of time as their adult counterparts.
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Do spiders have balls?

Although adult male spiders are like vertebrates in having a pair of abdominal testes, their genital apparatus only vaguely resembles that of a vertebrate.
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Do spiders have brains?

Spider Brain

One of the most amazing things about spiders is how much they can accomplish with such a small brain. The spider's central nervous system is made up of two relatively simple ganglia, or nerve cell clusters, connected to nerves leading to the spider's various muscles and sensory systems.
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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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