What is the prettiest spider?

The ultimate lovely legs competition: the world's nine most beautiful spiders
  • Peacock parachute spider. Peacock parachute spider. ...
  • Peacock jumping spider. Peacock jumping spider. ...
  • Mirror or sequinned spider. ...
  • Brazilian wandering spider. ...
  • Red-legged golden-orb-weaver spider. ...
  • Wasp spider. ...
  • Crab spider. ...
  • Desertas wolf spider.
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Which is the coolest spider?

15 Cool Spiders to See in the World
  • Bird Dung Crab Spider.
  • Long-Horned Orb-Weaver.
  • Jumping Spider.
  • Eight Spotted Crab Spider.
  • Mirror Spider.
  • Peacock Spider.
  • Green Lynx Spider.
  • Poltys columnaris.
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What's the most colorful spider in the world?

The world's 'colourful spider' has been captured in all its vivid glory in these amazing pictures. The tiny peacock spider measures just 0.3 inches (0.75cm) in length – but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in its luminous hues of pink, blue, purple, red, and orange.
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What is the weirdest looking spider?

Here are 25 Most Bizarre Spiders.
  • Twig Spider. Source: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids/10-amazing-spiders6.htm. ...
  • Spiny Orb Weaver. ...
  • Maratus Volans. ...
  • Myrmarachne Plataleoides. ...
  • Two-Tailed Spider. ...
  • Argyroneta Aquatica. ...
  • Australian Funnel-Web Spider. ...
  • Long Horned Orb Weaver.
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What is the rarest spider?

Over five hundred Critically Endangered Desertas wolf spiderlings have been born to two female spiders inside our very own Bug World – boosting the world's once dwindling population. The new babies who are just 4mm in diameter are expected to grow to around 12cm by the time they're adults.
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10 Most Beautiful Spiders in the World



What is a rainbow spider?

One species of peacock spider – the rainbow peacock spider (Maratus robinsoni) – is particularly impressive, because it showcases an intense rainbow iridescent signal in males' courtship displays to females. This is the first known instance in nature of males using an entire rainbow of colors to entice females to mate.
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How poisonous are daddy-long-legs?

Daddy long legs, also known as cellar spiders, contain venom and possess fangs, but there has been no evidence of their fangs being too short to cut through human skin or of their venoms being deadly and poisonous to humans. In reality, daddy long legs are not poisonous or dangerous to humans and are not known to bite.
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Can spiders lay eggs in your ear?

There are documented cases of spiders, fruit fly babies, bed bugs, crickets, moths, and ticks being found in the ear of some very unlucky individuals. Some of these cases even include eggs being laid; however, it is not known whether or not an earwig has ever laid eggs in anyone's ear.
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What is the biggest spider?

With a leg span nearly a foot wide, the goliath bird-eater is the world's biggest spider. And it has a special defense mechanism to keep predators from considering it as a meal.
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Are Jumping spiders friendly?

Jumping spiders are friendly! Moreover, these spiders are rather curious, and carefully observe the humans around them, before approaching a hideout. They tend to shy away from direct contact and are generally, not aggressive towards humans – making them appear adorable and sociable!
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What is the smartest spider?

Portia fimbriata, known as the Fringed Jumping Spider or often just as Portia is renowned as the world's most intelligent spider. It is a spider hunter which modifies its hunting strategies and learns from situations as it encounters them.
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Can spiders be friendly?

So is his tagline “friendly neighborhood”, because spiders are not friendly, well that is in terms of socializing, of course. They are isolated. They do not go out of their way to greet us, even if they are squatters in our homes. At best, they are indifferent, minding their own business and never wanting attention.
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Do spiders like being pet?

You've heard it before: “It's not you, it's me.” In tarantulas' case, it really is them—they're just not that into you! Spiders do have feelings, but unlike a dog or a cat, they won't bond with you. In fact, they likely won't even recognize you.
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What is the smallest spider?

The smallest spider is believed to be the Patu digua, which has an overall body length of about 0.015 in (0.03 cm). The largest spider is considered to be the Goliath birdeater spider, which is a tarantula with a body size of approximately 4.7 in (11.9 cm) long.
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Can spiders fly?

Spiders don't have wings, but some of them can travel the skies over hundreds, even thousands, of miles using their long strands of a fine silk called gossamer.
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What is the fastest spider in the world?

Fastest spider

The speediest spider on Earth is the desert-dwelling Moroccan flic-flac spider (Cebrennus rechenbergi), which can reach speeds of up to 1.7 m/s (3.8 mph) when trying to escape predators.
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Can baby spiders hurt you?

Although, baby spiders don't usually hold enough venom to harm a human. What is this? Most baby spiders not only lack fangs large enough to penetrate the skin, they're also much smaller than adults. As a result, they're usually harmless.
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Can a spider eat your brain?

A species of spider called the jumping spider reportedly eats the brains of animals three times its size - including vertebrates - something it's not known to do. These brain-thirsty creatures, which weigh in at just a tenth of an ounce, use their cunning skills to take down lizards and frogs.
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Can a spider live in your head?

Doctors in China found a small spider inside a man's ear after he claimed to be feeling a strange "crawling sensation." When the spider couldn't be reached with tweezers, doctors decided to use saline to flush the insect out. Visit INSIDER's homepage for more stories.
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Are Daddy Long Legs friendly?

They don't bite or poison anyone, and they are not garden or farm pests. They are just gentle, gawky bugs that like nothing better than meeting up together and having a communal gathering. That's when daddy longlegs are so fascinating to Victor Townsend, a biology professor at Virginia Wesleyan College.
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Are banana spiders poisonous?

Banana spiders may look intimidating, but they're actually timid and not considered dangerous. Though they aren't poisonous, their bite can be painful.
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Is there a Mommy long legs spider?

Mommy Long-Legs | This is actually a Harvestman spider.
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