1. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 PRESENTS

2. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 SPIDERS Charlotte’s Web A Look at Mississippi Spiders And their Webs

3. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Spider Facts Have two body parts: head and abdomen Have 8 legs and 8 eyes

4. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Spider Silk Make egg cocoons A thin strand for lowering Thick strand for web support Sticky silk for trapping prey

5. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Spider Hunting Stalking Ambushing Trapping Biting – venom has digestive juices used to dissolve prey so that it can be sucked up into mouth

6. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Black Widow

7. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Black and Yellow Garden

8. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Carolina Wolf

9. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Crab-like Spiny Orb Weaver

10. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Daring Jumping

11. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Golden-Silk

12. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Venusta Orchard

13. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Purse-Web

14. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Brown Recluse

15. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 PRESENTS

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17. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Why Does a Spider Create a Web, and How? What are Spider Web made of? What are ways that a spider can use its silk? For the creation of a Web (capturing prey) To create an Egg-Sac To serve as a safety net. To find its way back to its home.

18. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Spider Silk

19. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 What is Spider’s Silk and the Properties of Silk Made of Proteins Properties 1)Strong 2)Elastic 3)Waterproof 4)Sticky or non-Sticky 5)Hard To See Why are These Properties Important!

20. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 The Orb Weaver Web

21. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Where does a spider usually build its Web? Any Suggestions? Corners of Buildings Between plants, (stems) Between tree branches HOW DOES THE SPIDER BEGIN?

22. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 How Does a Spider Begin? Animation - Starting a Web

23. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Building a Web

24. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Do You See The Triangles?

25. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Object Recognition

26. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Why does the Spider Not Get Caught? Different Types of Silk Sticky or Not

27. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Let’s Review Silk and Properties How not to get caught Line Segment Triangle Spirals

28. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Orb Weaver Web

29. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Other Types of Webs

30. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Single-Line Web

31. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Triangle Web

32. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Cobweb Weavers or Tangled Web

33. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Net Thrower Web

34. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Sheet Web

35. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Questions?

36. Heath Capello Charles Morrow NSF NMGK8 Sources Dr. Gail Stratton, University of Mississippi Field Guide to the Southeastern States, National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects & Spiders, National Audubon Society Anonymous. World Wide Web: Arachnid Web Pages. Alexandra Parsons. 1990. Eyewitness Jr.: Amazing Spiders. J.L. Cloudsley-Thomson. 1973. Spiders and Scorpions. Herbert W. Levi and Lorna R. Levi. Spiders and Their Kin. Louise Martin. Funnel Web Spiders. L.M. Milne. 1995. Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders. Bill Nye the Science Guy. Animal Locomotion. PBS.