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EXAMPLES OF SPIDERS

RAFT SPIDER ORB SPIDER HUNTSMAN SPIDER BLACK WIDOW SPIDER HOUSE SPIDER
(Dolomedes fimbriatus) (Nuctenea (Heteropoda (Latrodectus mactans) (Tegenaria gigantea)
umbratica) venatoria)
4th walking leg
Spinneret
EXTERNAL FEATURES OF A SPIDER Opisthosoma
(abdomen)

3rd walking leg

Simple eye

Prosoma
(cephalothorax)

Trochanter

2nd walking leg

Pedipalp
Chelicera Femur
1st walking leg Patella
Tibia

Metatarsus

MOLT OF A TARANTULA
Spiders must shed their
Tarsus exoskeleton (external skeleton)
to grow. During molting, the
exoskeleton splits and the spider
Claw pulls itself out, leaving behind
the old exoskeleton, shown above.

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