Spiders

Title - Spider

WALT: describe

Remember to:

• use looks, actions and characteristics
• use describing words
• similes and metaphors
• paragraphs (from planning sheet)

Are you afraid of spiders? Did you know that spiders live in the whole world except for Antarctica?

Spiders have 8 legs that are as hairy as grass.They have two body parts, they are called thorax and abdomen. Spiders come in different, sizes large and small. The largest is called goliath birdeater tarantula (28 cm) and the smallest called a Patu marplesi (smaller than 1cm)  

They are brilliant hunters. A spider makes a spider web as sticky as bubble gum, to catch their prey. Spiders eat flies, small insects and sometime they even eat their own kind.

Spiders move with their legs. They use two at a time to move. They can run, swing, jump, and some can swim.

The next time you see a spider as scary as a vampire, don’t because they won’t hurt you and are good killing annoying flies.