s the spider to be a very efficient water conserver. This is
one of the characteristics that spiders evolved to adapt to the harsh
conditions of terrestrial life. There are eight eyes located in the
head region usually in two rows, varying among families. Spiders that
wait for and lunge at its prey will have a row of very large eyes well
adapted at detecting the precise distance it is from its prey. Yet
those spiders that make webs do not have as great a need for such
advanced sight and have smaller eyes. But not all spiders have eight
eyes. There are some spitting spiders that have only six, and there are
some with only two or four eyes. Some cave spiders have no eyes at all
and rely only on vibration. There are great differences in the ways
which spiders capture prey. Some may stalk their prey, while others may
lie in wait and ambush it. Other spiders may weave various types of
webs used to capture passing prey, and there are some smaller commensal
spiders that live in larger spiders' webs and feed on the smaller
insects neglected by their host. (The Spider Book, J.Comstock)
All spiders spin silk, though not all of them weave webs. Silk is
most commonly seen used in forming webs, which may vary from a highly
elaborated orb of spiraling threads to a sin
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