Spider Facts – Interesting Facts about Spiders

Amazing Spider Facts

Many female black widow spiders eat their makes after mating.

Orb spiders mummify their prey before they kill it.

Every Peacock spider species has its own courtship dance.

The brains of some small spiders overflow into their legs.

Spiders can build different kinds of webs when they get high after taking weed, mescaline, caffeine and LSD.

Spiders have 48 knees; there are 8 legs each with 6 joints.

There can be about 5 million spiders per hectare.

Spiders create silk from spinneret glands in their abdomen.

Different kinds of spider webs have been identified, such as funnels, sheets, tangle and orbs.

Spiders can produce seven different kinds of silk.