Black widow spider

Spiders Are Better Than People A recent study concluded that 30.5 % of Americans have arachnophobia, the fear of spiders. With this percentage, there must be a reason why so many grown men and women shriek in terror at the sight of these spindly-legged creatures. Well, not really. In actuality, spiders are not something to be feared. Spider's are helpful to us in many ways, killing pests, having venom can be used in medicine, and in honesty they don’t harm people as much as we harm them.…

But in Charlotte’s Web, White creates a spider character that’s hard not to like. By the end of the book, most readers have fallen in love with this Charlotte character. Charlotte becomes friends with Wilbur forming a loving bond. When the characters learn that Wilbur is destined to die once winter…

Ever since I was little I’ve had a fear of house centipedes. My mom once told me a story where she woke up and there was a centipede on the ceiling above her I am still horrified of house centipedes to this day. The reasons why they scare the crap out of me are because they move fast, they look very gross, and they hide in unsuspecting corners of the house. Whenever I try to catch them they run very fast and are sometimes hard to catch, for example I went to catch one late at night and when I…

fluffier and wider antennas, whereas butterflies have longer and thinner ones. The color varies from the inside to the outside of a colored spot. From the butterfly that we observed under the microscope, the color went from a yellow color to a brownish-black color. The color appears to vary within a single scale. The prediction was supported by the data measured at my table. Our P-value was 0.000316 (for a one-tailed test) and 0.000632 (for a two-tailed test). Our results revealed that there…

environments were quite similar, some insects were present in greater quantities in one environment as a result of the varying factors favoring the survival of the insect populations. The arthropods were divided into the following ten morphospecies; Spiders, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Leipidoptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Diptera, Phasmia, and Mantodea. Unidentifiable arthropods were classified into a separate category consisting of all unknown arthropod…

She turns her head to the door. “Oh my G-nkahfvusbfkbidnkfov.” she tries to say but wasn’t able to for the attack of the creepy-crawlies and they were crawling over her. We were cheering loudly like we were at a football game. Soon, the spiders and worms cleared up so we could see the woman, looking more horrible than ever. “You came back!” we shouted. We see Arachni crawling up to us. He crawls up and unlocks the cage. “Get our parents too!” I say happily. Arachni and friends go to make…

All around the world, there are millions of different types of insects. Some of the insects are just here to irritate anyone and anything, while others have the ability to evolve into something even more terrifying. According to Weekly World News, there is a type of assassin bug that uses its prey’s carcasses as body armor. Looking at years of possible evolution, the idea of a bug using these masking techniques to avoid predators is not exactly an extraordinary claim. As far as I am concerned,…

To many people, spiders are terrifying. In fact, behind death and public speaking, arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, haunts fifty percent of women and sixteen percent of men (The Wall Street Journal). However, these usually small arachnids are highly underestimated in their capabilities. They are clever, industrious, and inventive, giving them the ability to thrive in many environments. Spiders spin their webs with silk, the strongest known natural fiber. They also have eight eyes, eight long…

Alene Smith swept the floor of the lobby, trying to look graceful She swept her arms in what she thought was a fluid motion, but it was hard The floor was almost clean, but then she spotted a clump of dirt by her foot, and tried to sweep it up She knew that sweeping up dirt probably wasn't the smartest idea, but she was watching the television and she didn't think much of it She didn't want to move, because even if she moved a little bit to the left she wouldn't be able to see the…

Spiders are the most atrocious creatures on the planet. The amount of times I came face to face with a spider is unbelievable. I swear, my life flashes before my eyes every time. There was one time in particular where I thought I was going to die; I remember it like it was yesterday. I was surrounded by nothing. It smelled like freshly mowed grass and it felt as hot as an oven. It was the summer of 2014 and my best friend, Lauren, had moved in for a few months. Lauren would visit her…