a new spider species has a trait known as bilateral gynandromorphism. this means that each shares male and female characteristics. the species is called Damarchus inazuma.

contrary to urban myth, daddy longlegs have no venom. instead, they capture their prey and slice it up into chunks to eat. despite having 8 legs, they are more closely related to scorpions than to spiders. they first appeared 100 million years before the dinosaurs, and have barely changed since.

spiders recycle their webs by eating them.

 spiders recycle their webs by eating them.

spiders eat their webs to recycle them.

because so many spiders in australia are deadly, they had to block an episode of peppa pig that taught children not to be afraid of spiders.

spiders recycle webs by eating them.

males of the animal known as a daddy long legs have penises, which technically means that they are not spiders.

you have a 1% chance of dying from a black widow spider bite.

the larvae of the small-headed fly hunt tarantulas. once they find one, they climb inside the spider's body and eat it alive for as long as 10 years before it dies.

black widow spider bites are deadly just 1% of the time. the last death was more than 10 years ago.

'daddy longleg' spiders have been around for 400 million years. they predate dinosaurs.

the sydney funnelweb spider is the most venomous spider in the world. luckily, they have killed exactly zero humans in the last 30 years.

bonus factoid: in the u.s., an average of 7 people die from spider bites each year.

darwin's bark spiders spin webs that can be 80 feet wide, and are strong enough to catch birds in flight.

the hairs on the body of a spider are so sensitive that they can detect the movement of prey via airflow down to the width of an atom.