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A spider is not an insect. Spiders belong to the Arachnid family. A spider sheds its skin. A tiny egg sac can hold about 1000 eggs. The egg sac is made from silk. Sometimes the mother spider dies after laying her eggs. The spiders skeleton is on the outside of the body. Spiders have two body segments. The front segment is called the Cephalothorax. The second part of the body is called the Abdomen. There are more than 30,000 species of spiders. The word spider is from an Old English verb spinnan, meaning "to spin". Not all spiders spin webs. Male spiders are usually smaller than female spiders. Spiders are oviparous, which means their babies come from eggs. Opilions are commonly called shepherd spiders. Spiders have silk spinning glands called spinnerets, at the tip of their abdomen. From the freezing cold of Antarctica to hot deserts Spiders can survive pretty much anywhere in the world. They live in high mountain regions to deep down in the ocean. . Different species of spiders will live in underground burrows, in trees, in cracks of rocks, and in your house! Spider bodies consist of two parts, the cephalothoraxes and the abdomen. With the exception of one family, all spiders are venomous. All spiders are predators. Spiders can't digest solid foods. All spiders produce silk. Not all spiders spin webs. Male spiders use modified appendages called pedipalps to mate with females. Males risk being eaten by their female mates. Spiders use silk to protect their eggs. Spiders don't move by muscle alone.

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