From cartwheeling acrobats to giant spiders the size of your face, here are 10 of the
most amazing spiders in the world!!! 10.) Flower Crab Spiders
There are over 2,000 species of flower crab spiders that can be found around the world!
They get their name because they often look like flowers and walk like a crab! Their bright
coloring allows them to blend in with flowers in order to ambush their prey. They are often
found in places like gardens, meadows, rainforests, woodlands, and marshes, basically whereever
there are flowers and where it’s not too cold.
Most crab spiders are pretty small (just around 8 millimeters or less) and are not threatening
to humans. They can change their coloring from white to green to yellow to better match
the flowers they are sitting on, although the color change can take several days. Their
favorite food are other critters that are attracted to flowers such as bees, butterflies,
and flies. These little spiders are ambush predators
and once a flower crab spider catches its prey, it uses its two front legs to grasp
it and inject their venom. While their venom can paralyze even large insects, their mouths
are too small for their bites to break the skin. The only exception to this would be
the giant crab spider, and if one bites you on the finger, it can feel like someone hit
you with a hammer, but this feeling goes away after a couple of hours.
It is very rare to see them indoors, but if you do, try to scoop it into a glass and take
it outside. They are great for controlling the other annoying insects you have outside
like mosquitoes, flies, and wasps. 9.) Goliath Birdeater
The Goliath Birdeater spider is the biggest tarantula in the world!! It can weigh as much
as a puppy and be bigger than your hand. It is the largest in the world by size and mass
(however the record for leg size goes to another spider- the huntsman). The Goliath Bird-eater
is native to the rainforest of South America, including Venezuela, northern Brazil, French
Guiana and Suriname. It got its name when explorers found one eating
a hummingbird! At first, they thought it was a hairy mammal!!
They are so large and heavy that you can hear their footprints on the ground. They are usually
dark brown to black. They have four pairs of legs, and their third and fourth pair often
have little spikes or spines. If this birdeater feels threatened, they will rub their hind
legs together releasing tiny hairs that can be painful and itchy if they get into your
eyes, mouth, or mucus membranes. While the venom these spiders have is deadly
to insects and even small birds and rodents it is not deadly to humans. But, a bite would
be extremely painful because their fangs are big! Sometimes up to 1.5 inches (3.8 cm).
Despite their name, these tarantulas don’t often eat birds. It is much easier to catch
other bugs like earthworms and maybe some small mammals.
You can get these spiders as pets if you really wanted to, but just beware, females are known
to be able to live up to 20 years! However, males tend to die after maturity, which is
about three to five years. 8.) Spiny Orb Weaver
The Spiny Orb Weaver spiders look like tiny little works of art. There are over 2,800
species around the world and can come in all colors and shapes! But they are most famous
for the spines on its body. They also are known as crab spiders, crab orbweaver spiders
and all kinds of other variations- but remember, don’t confuse them with actual “crab spiders”.
They are often brightly colored with red, white, yellow, black patterns, but there is
no limit to their markings! These spiders are very small, usually between 0.6-2.5 cm
(¼ of an inch to an inch) full-size and are commonly found in trees, gardens, windows,
doors, and porches. They make beautiful, circular webs to catch their prey. The male spiny orb
weaver is usually smaller in size than the female and also tend to have less spines on
their abdomen. While the spiny orb weaver spider can bite and puncture the skin if a
spike is touched, these spiders are not dangerous to humans. They are great from pest control
in your garden though! Reportedly, these spiders only live for about a year.
And now for number 7, but first what's your favorite spider?? Let me know in the comments
below!! Be sure to subscribe if you are new here and click that notification bell so you
don't miss out on the latest videos. 7.) Wheel Spider
The wheel spider, aka, the golden wheel spider, belongs to the Huntsman family and is native
to the Namib Desert of Southern Africa. This spider is famous for its cartwheels!! While
that might sound cute, it is to help it escape it’s arch enemy, the parasitic pompilid
wasp that will try to paralyse the spider and then lay an egg in its abdomen which will
then take over the spider and eat it from the inside out. The spider wasp is impressive
in its own right because Scientific American reports that it can sniff out the spider in
its burrow and move up to 10 liters of sand, equivalent to 80,000 times its own body weight,
to get to the spider!! When this spider senses danger, it will curl
its legs up to make a ball and roll down the sand dune to safety at about 20-40 rotations
per second- that’s equivalent to a car going 300km per hour!!!
The wheel spider does not make webs, but instead digs burrows below the sand dunes. At night
it wanders through the desert in search of other insects. These spiders are venomous
but no danger to humans. We should be more afraid of this creepy spider wasp!!
6.) Ladybird Spider The ladybird spider gets its name because
the spider looks similar to the ladybird beetle. However, only mature male ladybird spiders
have the classic red body with a few black spots, while females are velvet black or dark
grey. The Ladybird spider was thought to be extinct in the United Kingdom until it was
rediscovered in 1980 and since then a group has been trying to increase its population
and is still considered to be endangered. The spiders all live in their own burrows
until it’s time to mate. Then, males come out of their burrows looking for females and
pluck at the tripwire to make sure the female knows he is not prey!! Later on the female
will lay up to 80 eggs and when they hatch, she feeds them on regurgitated food. Then,
she makes the ultimate sacrifice. As the spiderlings get older, they begin to eat their own mother
and leave to make their own burrows. After 3 or 4 years they will mature and begin the
cycle again. 5.) Wrap-Around Spider
The wrap-around spider is practically impossible to spot!! Native to Australia and Oceania,
they have really perfected the art of camouflage!! The wrap-around spider got its name because
it can flatten its body will literally wrap itself around branches or lie flat against
tree bark during the day. This helps it avoid predators like birds and those awful parasitic
wasps!! These spiders can wrap around trees because
their underbelly is a concave while the upper part of its body looks like a disc-shaped
shell. They tend to build a nest at night, usually
a large web between two trees where they catch insects, however their webs are promptly taken
down by daylight so they can once again hide on a twig. These spiders are very tiny, about
5-9 mm in length. And once again, don’t worry, they aren’t going to hurt you!!
4.) Black Widow Black Widow spiders are found in North America
and are considered to have a powerful, venomous bite that is more dangerous than the prairie
rattlesnake. However, only the female black widow bite is dangerous to humans and the
bite is rarely fatal, but it can produce nasty side effects such as difficulty breathing
and nausea. Usually they will try to run and hide first, biting is always kept as a last
resort. However, if they are constantly being provoked or if you accidentally grab one in
the dark for some reason, then you will get bitten.
When a female black widow is fully grown, she is usually a shiny black color and has
a red or orange hourglass on the underside of her abdomen. Tough luck for the males this
time as the females are known to eat the males after mating unless he manages to escape!!
These spiders spin large webs where they catch their prey, which are often mosquitos, grasshoppers,
beetles, and caterpillars. However, the spider rarely hangs out in the middle of the web
and will instead remain hidden until something gets caught. Then the spider will rush out
and inject their prey with digestive enzymes to liquify it and suck up the fluid like a
slurpee. 3.) Diving Bell Spider
The Diving Bell Spider is also called the water spider because it tends to live its
life under water, only coming up for air about once a day. The spider creates a bubble, also
known as a diving bell, where the spider can absorb oxygen from the water quickly. They
create sub-aqua webs which they fill with air so they can breathe. Scientists actually
believe the spider could live in the bubble for good if it wasn’t for the nitrogen that
shrinks it, causing the spider to travel above water to make sure its home does not collapse.
The spiders do everything in these house bubbles, including lay their eggs. When out of the
water, the spider ranges in color from mid to dark brown, even though the hairs on the
abdomen give it a dark grey, velvet type look. No wasps here!
2.) Cobalt Blue Spider The Cobalt blue spider is a tarantula named
after the blue color that can be seen on the adult spiders, when looking at them in a certain
light, at first glance they can look more dark brown or black. Before Cobalt blue spiders
mature they tend to have a more greyish blue color. While scientists suspect there is a
very good reason as to why they are blue, we don’t know what it is yet!! Interestingly
enough, the blue color is created in different way depending on the spider through nanocrystals.
Native to Myanmar and Thailand, these spiders are about medium size for a tarantula, maybe
not as big as your face, but still wouldn’t want to be surprised by one.
These spiders tend to bite when threatened. Their venom can cause inflammation and muscle
cramps. They live in burrows and are rarely seen, usually only coming out of their burrows
to hunt for food. They can be pets but it is not recommended for beginner tarantula
owners! 1.) Ornamental Baboon Tarantula
The Ornamental baboon tarantula is native to West Africa and mainly found in the areas
of Togo and Ghana. Once these spiders are fully grown, which tends to take about three
years, they can reach a leg span of about 5 inches (12 cm). These spiders are characterized
by their chalky white coloration with mottled black and brown markings. Notably, these tarantulas
have very thick rear legs and like to hide in trees where they can be camouflaged. These
spiders can be aggressive and have very strong venom. In fact they are believed to have one
of the most potent venom of all tarantulas!! They do not have those urticating hairs like
the goliath bird eater does so their bite is their only form of defense. I don’t recommend
you handling one!! Thanks for watching!! Have you ever seen any
of these spiders in real life? Let me know in the comments below!!