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Which animal has a more potent venom, a rattlesnake or a black-widow spider?

spider & black widow & black-widow & black widow spider & black-widow spider. The black-widow spider's venom is 15 times more potent than a rattlesnake's venom.

A wolf spider uses a web to catch its prey.

f. This spider will hunt down its prey. It was once thought that this spider hunted in packs like wolves, hence the name.

How many eggs can a Mexican red-kneed spider lay?

250 to 400.

Does the Mothercare spider feed her spiderlings?

y. This spider will feed her young a type of 'milk'. It is a mixture of predigested insects and cells from her intestinal walls, that she feeds mouth to mouth.

What can the legspan of a bird-eating tarantula become?

12 in..

The California trapdoor spider holds the record for the strongest spider.

t. When scientists tried to pry open the 'door' of this spider's home, it resisted a force equal to 10 pounds.

Who makes a more impressive web, the male or the female spider?

Female. The females also make a larger web.

Scorpions belong to the same class as spiders.

t. Mites and ticks also belong to the same class as spiders and scorpions.

The European Water Spider spends almost all its time on the banks of streams and ponds.

f. This is the only species of spider that spends all or most of its life underwater. It has found a way to trap bubbles of air from the surface and bring it under to breathe.

How many legs does a spider have?

8 & eight.