Who's Afraid?

Who's Afraid?

^{Australian Wolf Spider}

^{Wolf spiders have a primitive body structure, with a head used mainly for eating and breathing, and an abdomen, which carries all the spider’s organs, including the spinnerets. Many of the sub- species, which include the large and common grey wolf spider, are a mixture of greys and light browns, hence the name. This colour scheme camouflages the spider and allows it to creep up on its prey, which are usually large insects, and attack it from behind. Although they are subtle, the male’s colours consist of more browns than greys, as this is used for attracting females during courtship.}

^{They have eight eyes arranged in three rows. The bottom row consists of four small eyes, the middle row has two very large eyes, and the top row has two medium-sized eyes. They depend on their eyesight, which is quite good, to hunt. Their sense of touch is also acute.}

^{Try this Kids!! It works well :) Their eyes reflect light well, and one way of finding them is to hunt at night using a flashlight so that the light from the flashlight is reflected from their eyes directly back toward its source.}

^{Wolf spiders may or may not be aggressive but will inject venom freely if continually provoked. Symptoms of their venomous bite include swelling, mild pain and itching. Though usually considered harmless to humans, the bite of some species may be painful. In the past, necrotic bites have been attributed to some South American species, but further investigation has indicated that those problems that did occur were probably actually due to bites by members of other genera. Australian wolf spiders have also been associated with necrotic wounds, but careful study has likewise shown them not to produce such results.}

source WIKI

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