10 Crawling Facts about Spiders

Love them or hate them, spiders are one of the most impressive and amazing creatures on Earth. From jumping spiders to the most venomous, crawl through these interesting spider facts to learn more about our web-wonderous, eight-legged friends. 1. It is estimated that a human is never more than 10 feet away from a spider—ever. 2. Spiders eat more insects than birds and bats combined. 3. The silk in a spider’s web is five times stronger than a strand of steel that is the same thickness. 4. Some spiders practice matriphagy, or “mother eating.” This is when hundreds of baby spiders eat the mother’s nutritious body from the inside out for survival. 5. Spiders don’t have penises. Instead, they mate with appendages on their heads. 6. The bird-dropping spider gets its name because it looks like bird poo. This type of camouflage prevents birds from eating it. 7. The venom of the female black widow is 15 times more powe