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| | Spider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Spiders have developed several different respiratory anatomies, based either on book lungs, a tracheal system, or both. | | | While venom from either spider can be deadly to children and the infirm, since the development of antivenom to the venoms of both were developed (the funnel web spider in the mid-1980's and the wandering spider in 1996), no humans have died from their bites. | | | Spiders often use elaborate mating rituals (especially in the visually advanced jumping spiders) to allow conspecifics to identify each other and to allow the male to approach close enough to inseminate the female without triggering a predatory response. |
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| | EXPLORIT SCIENCE CENTER: Science Facts |
| | A spider's secondary eyes also have a lens but the light sensitive cells of these eyes point away from the light as do the similar cells in a human eye. | | | Each type of spider tends to be found in a habitat to which it has become specifically adapted. | | | These quite large spiders have spines on their jaws that they use to dig burrows in the ground. |
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http://www.explorit.org/science/spider.html
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| | Spiders In and Around the House, HYG-2060-04 |
| | These spiders have poor vision and locate their prey by feeling the vibration and tension of the threads in their web. | | | Spiders lay eggs within a silken egg sac that is often ball-shaped and either hidden in a web, affixed to a surface, or carried by the female. | | | Spiders are beneficial predators that reduce pest populations (flies, crickets, mites, etc.) in and around homes, yards, gardens, and crops. |
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http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2060.html
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| | Identifying and Misidentifying the Brown Recluse Spider |
| | General information regarding recluse spider life history characteristics has been published.[7-9] Recluse spiders, as their names imply, are rather secretive in their habits. | | | The undeserved infamy that this spider has achieved outside of its range is nothing short of mind boggling. | | | One can readily learn how to identify recluse spiders with less than a minute's training. |
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http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol5num2/special/recluse.html
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| | MovieMartyr.com - Spider |
| | This narrative construction makes perfect sense, given the subject matter, since Spider is forced to deal with his past as it seeps back into whatever present he’s experiencing. | | | Though Spider has the ability to live mostly in his past, he has no control over that ability. | | | Spider can lay no such claim to fame, and as a result, there’s no doubt that the tribulations shown in the film are a lot closer to the fears and confusion that the average schizophrenic must feel. |
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http://www.moviemartyr.com/2002/spider.htm
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| | Spiders |
| | Lastly, humans out-weigh and out-size spiders many thousand times and are much more likely to behave with murderous intent. | | | Spiders which can bite through human skin only do so when provoked. | | | This material is picked up on the spider's body and eaten when the spider grooms itself. |
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http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/inse005/inse005.htm
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| | Spider web silver tone frame with marcasites having a black glass center setting. | | | Along came a spider and sat down beside her--and a big spider it is! This is a really unique and beautiful pin. | | | This cute little spider pin is made of copper with other metal embellishments on his belly. |
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http://search.rubylane.com/jewelry?ss=spider&samedb=1&prevss=tiara&sb=1
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| | Spider Angioma - Talk Medical |
| | Removal of a spider angioma may cause bruising or tenderness. | | | A spider angioma is formed when a group of blood vessels dilates in a characteristic "spider leg" pattern. | | | Spider angioma may be a side effect of estrogen therapy, so could be avoided if the woman does not take estrogen. |
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http://www.talkmedical.com/diseases-disorders/895/Spider-Angioma
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| | So You Want to Identify A Spider? |
| | Spiders can be searched for based on general behavioral traits, habitats, and simple morphological features. | | | Spider biodiversity is being assessed in Ohio to determine the status and distribution of spider species in the state, as well as to promote public education about the importance of spiders to healthy ecosystems. | | | The goals of the survey are to collect spiders from as many habitats as possible to assess the biodiversity of spiders in Colorado, and to establish the Museum as a major repository for arachnids. |
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http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Faculty_Staff/Rayor/Spiders/Resources/Spider_Identification.shtml
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| | Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Spider - |
| | When sexually mature, a male spider will spin a web into which the contents of the reproductive organs are discharged and then transferred into the cavities of the palpi; when an individual secures a mate he thrusts the palpi one at a time into her genital openings. | | | Silk can be used to aid in climbing, forming smooth walls for burrows, coccooning prey, and many other applications. | | | Many spiders hunt by building webs[?] to trap insects; these webs are made of spider silk extruded from spinnerets[?] on the end of the abdomen, a thin, strong protein strand extruded by the spider. |
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http://www.kids.net.au/encyclopedia-wiki/sp/Spider_(animal)
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| | Spider Bites - Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention |
| | For black widow spider bites, pain may be relieved with parenteral narcotics or muscle relaxants (e.g., methocarbamol - Robaxin, and diazepam - Valium). | | | Spider bites are rare but can be very serious. | | | Initially, there may be an itch and a small puncture from the spider bite but within a few hours local skin reactions may appear, including minor pain, swelling, and discoloration around the bite where the venom was injected. |
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| | CPCS: Spider Bites |
| | Fortunately, most spiders are not dangerous to humans because their fangs are either too short or too fragile to penetrate human skin. | | | Spider bites by this spider are becoming recognized more often in California, which may be due to the fact that the spider is becoming better known. | | | Spiders rarely bite more than once, so multiple bites are usually caused by insects such as fleas, bedbugs, ticks, mites and biting flies. |
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http://www.calpoison.com/public/spiders.html
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| | World Almanac for Kids |
| | Jumping spiders may lurk in ambush for their prey, and a number of them are well camouflaged on flowers by color or body structure or both. | | | The body structure of a spider is similar to that of other arachnids in being divided into an anterior cephalothorax, or prosoma, and a posterior abdomen, or opisthosoma. | | | The bite of some large spiders can be painful, but most species are too small to break human skin, and only a few are dangerous to humans. |
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http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/animals/spider.html
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| | Mozilla-based Spiders |
| | This article introduces an improved mozilla-based Web Spider application framework which can be adapted for many different uses. | | | The basic framework is written in a cross-browser fashion and could be used to create spidering applications for any reasonably competent browser. | | | Spider is limited to operating in Mozilla-based browsers due to the use of internal Mozilla APIs to enable cross-domain access and the ability to capture error logging. |
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http://bclary.com/2004/07/10/mozilla-spiders#cspider-new
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| | Animal and Human Behavior - Paul J. Watson |
| | Reproductive behavior of the spider Linyphia litigiosa ($5500). | | | I can provide insightful information in many areas of animal behavior, including the behavior of insects and spiders, and diverse behavior problems of pets, especially dogs. | | | Thus, to protect their daughters, female sierra dome spiders may need to resist always mating with only the most sexually impressive males in the population, especially early in the mating season before the ravages of aging have taken their toll on the superstuds of the population. |
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http://biology.unm.edu/biology/pwatson/public_html/pjw_cv.htm
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| | Spider Myths: I woke up with spider bites... |
| | Spiders have no reason to bite humans; they are not bloodsuckers, and are not aware of our existence in any case. | | | If you take elementary precautions like not letting the blankets or bedspread touch the floor or walls, the incidence of spiders on the bed will be effectively zero. | | | Spider Myths: I woke up with spider bites... |
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http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/asleep.html
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| | Identifying and Misidentifying the Brown Recluse Spider |
| | General information regarding recluse spider life history characteristics has been published.[7-9] Recluse spiders, as their names imply, are rather secretive in their habits. | | | The undeserved infamy that this spider has achieved outside of its range is nothing short of mind boggling. | | | One can readily learn how to identify recluse spiders with less than a minute's training. |
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http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol5num2/special/recluse.html
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| | PFD BITES AND STINGS! |
| | Usually, there is no pain or swelling at the bite site. | | | There is little pain or swelling and the patient's tissue usually does not turn black and blue. | | | In as many as 25 percent of all venomous pit viper bites, no venom is injected, possibly because the fangs may be injured, the venom sacs may be empty at the time of the bite, or the snake may not use the fangs when it strikes. |
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http://www.ci.phoenix.az.us/FIRE/bitessna.html
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| | Life Paths, Spirit of Spider, Animal Totems & Earth Medicine |
| | For the parent who has a young spider, all effort must be taken to encourage the child to develop their own individuality. | | | Another area in which Spider has been recognized as being a Creative Force, is in communication of all forms. | | | Often, the area that distracts the Spider soul most often is that of relationships as much like Grandmother Spider was forever aware of her Children, so the two-legged with this creature being as a Totem will tend to focus much of their attention on loved ones rather than nurturing and fulfilling their own needs. |
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http://wolfs_moon.tripod.com/SpiderTotem.html
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| | Spider Facts |
| | If you pursue such studies, remember to make careful notes of the spider's location (on plants, rocks, soil, etc), habits, appearance and coloration prior to capture, and any further information that may help you to identify your specimen. | | | Relatively few spiders area capable of piercing human skin. | | | Spiders us silk for web-building, for capturing prey, for sperm transfer, for lining hibernating, molting or living chambers and constructing egg cases, for draglines and mating bowers, and spiderlings use silk for windborne travel. |
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http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/arthopo/mospider/facts.htm
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| | CPCS: Spider Bites |
| | Fortunately, most spiders are not dangerous to humans because their fangs are either too short or too fragile to penetrate human skin. | | | Spider bites by this spider are becoming recognized more often in California, which may be due to the fact that the spider is becoming better known. | | | Spiders generally prefer to live in undisturbed areas such as corners of the house or the eaves or in the garden where they can catch insects in peace. |
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http://www.calpoison.org/public/spiders.html
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| | Animal Totems |
| | The spider found within the web reminds us that we are the center of our own world. | | | Spider is the guardian of the ancient languages and alphabets. | | | It was held that the familiar, usually in the form of a small domestic animal, was given to the witch by the Devil as companion, helper and adviser, which could be used to perform malicious errands, including murder, and other feats of black magic. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/rainbowbridge2/animal_totems.htm
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| | Spiders |
| | The triangulate orb weaver's habits are similar to those of the spiny-bellied spider, Micrathena Gracilis. | | | The Missouri river presumably acts as a barrier to the spider's movement into northern Missouri. | | | Although these spiders may be abundant in wooded areas with dense undergrowth, they are not easily noticed because of their habit of quickly dropping into the leaf litter when disturbed. |
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http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/arthopo/mospider/kinds.htm
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| | Spider |
| | "An emotionally compelling puzzle seen largely and effectually from inside this unsound character's head, Spider is one of the director's best, most measured works." | | | "What goes wrong with Spider is pretty basic: The audience has no idea why it was made." | | | The sights, sounds and smells of being reacquainted with his old neighborhood send Spider further down a shadowy path that reawakens memories of his where his mother (Miranda Richardson) and his father (Gabriel Byrne) raised him. |
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1120292-spider
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| | Pictures of Spider Bites |
| | Spider bite on the ankle of a middle aged woman; 48 hours old. | | | Spider bites can only be diagnosed if an individual brings in the spider itself, or even crushed parts of the spider. | | | Initially, almost all bites from the latrodectus species is felt as an immediate pinprick sensation, and local pain. |
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http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/emergency/spiderbites.asp
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| | CPCS: Spider Bites |
| | Fortunately, most spiders are not dangerous to humans because their fangs are either too short or too fragile to penetrate human skin. | | | Spider bites by this spider are becoming recognized more often in California, which may be due to the fact that the spider is becoming better known. | | | The black widow spider is a shiny, inky black spider with a large round tail segment (abdomen). |
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http://www.calpoison.org/public/spiders.html
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| | Dr. George W. Uetz, Colonial Web-Building Spider Project |
| | The goal of this project is to understand the ecological and behavioral mechanisms underlying the evolution of social behavior in an atypical social animal – spiders that join webs together in colonies. | | | Work currently in progress includes a finer-grained analysis of behavioral interactions between spiders and their predators (with the late Dr. Hieber, Dr.Stim Wilcox of Binghamton University, and former student Jay Boyle). | | | These spiders are "an exception to the rule" among most (typically asocial) spiders, and provide a unique model system for testing hypotheses about the evolution of sociality (see reviews in Uetz and Hieber 1997; Uetz 2002). |
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http://www.biology.uc.edu/faculty/uetz/groupforaging.htm
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| | Spider WebQuest5 |
| | Jambunathan, N.S. "The habits and life history of a social spider (Stegodyphus | | | While discovering the physical characteristics and behaviors of spiders you will become "Spider Detectives". | | | The knowledge that you acquire from the study of spiders will help you to answer the question, "So what good are spiders, anyway?" When you find the answer to this question, you will truly know if spiders are important to humans in the balance of nature. |
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http://www.ncwiseowl.org/webquest/spider
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| | Spiders In and Around the House, HYG-2060-04 |
| | These spiders have poor vision and locate their prey by feeling the vibration and tension of the threads in their web. | | | Spiders lay eggs within a silken egg sac that is often ball-shaped and either hidden in a web, affixed to a surface, or carried by the female. | | | Spiders are beneficial predators that reduce pest populations (flies, crickets, mites, etc.) in and around homes, yards, gardens, and crops. |
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http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2060.html
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| | Los Angeles Area Gets a New Spider - An English-Zone.Com Reading Activity |
| | Most spiders in Southern California are unable to puncture human skin and if they do, their venom would not be harmful to humans. | | | The student recognized the spider as being of particular interest and pointed it out to Beth Nordeen, a Museum outreach educator. | | | The Violin spider, often misidentified as the Brown Recluse, is a fast little spider measuring only a half-inch as an adult. |
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http://www.english-zone.com/reading/spider.html
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