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Spider Information Report

Ciao Room 19,

This term we have been learning how to write an information report. 

We know the features (it is factual and detailed) and structure (paragraphs and subheadings) of an information report and have been doing research on spiders so that we have prior knowledge on the subject.



When writing about animals, some useful subheadings may be:

- appearance
- habitat
- movement
- food
- behavior
- lifecycle

Your task is to choose a particular type of spider eg. Wolf Spider, Tarantula, Funnel Web Spider, Silver Tail, Goliath Bird Catching Spider etc and write an information report on it. 

Use the information you gathered through your research. The usual blog guidelines apply. 

13 comments:

  1. Ciao, my name is Ola and Im going to talk about one particular spider called the White-tailed Spider.

    A White-tailed Spider has 8 legs, White tail and venom in itself. Some Spiders have more than 2 eyes which I find very ugly. White-tailed Spiders have very long legs. This white- tailed spider is very hairy. A Spider has 8 legs, fangs, brains, lots of eyes and a waste pack.

    A White-tailed spiders web is made out of silk which is the most strongest substance known. Silk is sticky, yuck but very good for spiders. A White-tailed Spiders web is for spiders to lay their eggs so the sticky web can hold the eggs from falling off. A White-tailed Spiders web is not strong for humans because humans are way heavier than a White-tailed Spider.

    A White-tailed Spider eats meat. They catch their prey with their fangs because their fangs are very sharp and swore. They can catch their prey alive which means that a Spider catches its food alive. Before a Spider eats its prey it has to put its venom or poison and turn their prey into liquid and sucks it up. Spiders let yuck insects go because spiders think their disgusting .

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  3. Kai Ora my name is Jewels and I am going to tell you about one particular spider called a White Tailed Spider.

    A White Tailed Spider are most active at night when they wonder and hunt for other spider. Most White Tailed Spider usually eats spiders, Daddy Long Leg Spiders, Readback and heaps of other spiders.

    On a White Tailed Spiders hair on the ends of their legs makes them walk easily and smoothly on flat surfaces. White Tailed Spiders have up to 90 eggs.

    They catch their preys by there Fangs, A White Tailed Spider uses it Fangs because they have Venom in it's fangs. A White Tailed Spider makes there webs out of Silk. A White Tailed Spider lets yuck spiders go because they don't like it.

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  5. {Spider}Tarantula
    Habitat
    Tarantulas are found in the rain forests and jungles of South and Central America, in Africa and in the southern part of North America.  Many Tarantulas live in burrows underground.   Even though they do not spin webs, Tarantulas use their silk to make doors or soft walls for their burrow or, in the case of tree-living tarantulas, tunnel-shaped homes in trees. 
    Apperance There are around 700 kinds, or species, of Tarantulas.Tarantulas are part of the family of spiders called Hairy Mygalomorphs.
    FOOD-Tarantulas are nighttime hunters who will pounce on their prey. They eat theminsects, beetles and grasshoppers. The Goliath Bird-eating
    lifecycle-
    The female wasp will paralyze the spider by stinging it. She then digs a hole and puts the spider and an egg into it. When the egg hatches, the baby wasp will eat away at the paralyzed spider. The spider could stay buried alive for many days before the larvae hatch.
    Behavior-
    All Tarantulas have an interesting way of defending themselves. They have hairs on their abdomen (stomachs) that have sharp little barbs, or pokey things, on them. When threatened, the spider will rub these hairs with their legs and shoot them at their predator. That would hurt!Movement their legs and shoot them at their predator the female digs a hole and puts the spider and an egg into it

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  6. G’ day my name is Samantha and this is my information report on spiders.

    Appearance



    A white tail spider has a white tail at the end of it’s body. The white tailed spider has 4 very thin crooked legs that help it to walk. On a white tailed spiders back there are some spots that you can use to tell a male and a female apart.

    Habitat
    


    You will often find a white tailed under your house, in burrows and clothing and boots.
Whenever you find a white tailed spider in some clothes or boots, thats when they think your threatening it and to defend itself the white tailed spider bites.

    Food



    Spiders eat various types of food with includes fly’s, insects and other tiny creatures.
The white tailed spider catches it’s prey by hunting and also by spinning a web.

    Behaviour



    As you can see that a behavior of a white tailed spider is totally different from others because a white tailed spider has unique reactions to everything that happens.

    Lifecycle



    The lifecycle of every spider is the same because they first are in an egg and then they hatch into an baby spider and grow till they pass away and then it starts again.

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  7. Ciao my name is Tyson and I am going to tell you about a specific spider the Wolf Spider.

    The Wolf spider has 8 legs 6 eyes with very good eyesight and a hairy body that helps to keep it worm. It has fangs that with poison in them and they are dangerous. Wolf spiders can grow to be very big.


    Wolf spiders habitat is in the ground usually spiders live in webs but not this one. When the Wolf spider is in the ground sometimes it's protecting their baby's or egg-sac. Some Wolf spiders live in suburban gardens and in rainforests and in jungles.

    Wolf spiders eat various types of foods including insects bugs and other spiders.


    Their behavior is positive and negative because female wolf spiders prefer to mate with and are less likely to kill familiar male wolf spiders.


    A Wolf spiders life cycle is born then they grow up then mate then die

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  8. Greetings, my name is Shivneel and I'm going to an information report on Nelson Cave Spiders.

    What is a Nelson Cave Spider?

    A Nelson Cave Spider is New Zealand's largest spider which can grow up to 15 centimeters. They are generally found in certain caves in Nelson and Buller regions.

    Appearance

    Nelson Cave Spiders are mottled light brown in colour. They have long legs and the first two pairs of legs have a very long claw. They have eight legs.

    Habitat

    A Nelson Cave Spider habitat is usually found in certain caves in Nelson, Buller regions, forests, deserts, bushes and houses. Nelson Cave Spiders can create webs in those places and create a nice living.

    Food

    When Nelson Cave Spiders lay an egg, there are 80-90 spiderlings in there. If you didn't know yet, those spiderlings eat each other to surive. The elder Nelson Cave Spiders spin webs to trap insects for them to eat. They also eat other spiders like the Cave Weta.

    Behaviour

    Nelson Cave Spiders are considered not harmful to humans which means they behave well. Very few bites can cause significant injures. They bite because they might be threaten in that case.

    Life Cycle

    A Nelson Cave Spider life cycle is when a Nelson Cave Spider female lays an egg. 80-90 spiderlings are in that egg. Some will obviously die because they eat each other. Surviving spiderlings will hatch and they will live till they reach there death and the routine starts again.

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  9. Hi my name is Britney and this is my information report about a daddy long legs spider.

    Appearance

    A daddy long legs apperance is a small slender bodys with realy long legs. They have a meduim sized abdonamn.Daddy long legs have 8 legs and somtimes hang upside down . Daddy long legs have a two parted body whcih is they are the abdonamn and a cexathlax. Daddy long legs have a type of posion that is`nt strong one it can`t hurt you but when other spiders eat a daddy long legs the poison gets stronger.

    Food

    All spiders eat meat. They are carnivours and eat other living things like insets, bugs and other spiders.Spiders don`t eat they drink .It`s in jects
    its preys body and turns it in to a spider milk shake. Spiders have two neddle sharp fangs that pire into the exoskeleton.

    habitat

    Daddy long legs prefer ares that have high level of moisture suh as under houses, in bathrooms and under rocks. Sometimes they are found in desret regions and places.

    lifecycle

    A lifecycle of an Daddy long legs is mainly the same as every other spider because frist they are in an egg and then they htch in to an baby spider and then they grow in to a adult spider then they die and then there babys start all over again.

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  10. Kia Ora my name Is Korey and i'm going to tell you about a Wolf Spider.

    Appearance

    A Wolf Spider appearance is they have eight legs and six eyes There are more than 2000 wolf spider species. anabdomen palps greatly in size, ranging from 2 mm (0.08 in) to nearly 40 mm (1.6 in) in length

    Habitat

    Wolf spiders can be found in a wide range of habitats both coastal and inland. These include shrublands, woodland, wet forest, alpine meadows, and gardens.

    Food

    They eat various types of food including insects bugs and their own kind.

    Behavior

    A wolf spider Behavior is bad because they prefer to mate then hunt for food. they are less likely to kill male wolf spiders if they mate at the time.

    Life Cycle

    While males rarely live beyond one year, female wolf spiders may live for several. Once she has mated, the female will lay a clutch of eggs and wrap them in a round, silk ball. She attaches the egg case to the underside of her abdomen, using her spinnerets to hold it in place.

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  11. Ciao my name is Cody and the spider I am doing is the Black Widow because it is very unexpected in our lives.

    What is the Black Widows behavior like?

    The Black Widow is a very dangerous spider which can be deadly a kill with in 20 minutes or less it has a fast strike you must look out for.The spider has one of the fastest movements for a spider to react to.When the spider bites evacuate as fast as possible to the hospital to get it look at by a special doctor.

    Where do they live?

    They are found in dark and creepy areas like underground burrows which can be found in north of america in the the farms wholes in grounds which must be getting looked after.

    What do they eat?

    The black widow eats a lot of meat or even people that try to threaten them around there habitat or home. It eats carnivores that are in the areas.SO LOOK OUT FOR THE DEADLY'S SPIDER IN TOWN!!!

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  12. Looks
    Crab spiders have lots of different body parts like their legs all facing forward,eight big eyes,eight hairy legs,one spinneret[not used],an abdomen and a head.

    Camouflage
    Crab spiders spiders can spin webs,but they don’t because they can camouflage in flowers to be protected from predators and that it is easier for them to catch their prey because no of their prey can see them.

    Prey
    Crab spiders eat leaves,flies,bugs,other small spiders and other insects.Crab spiders are different to other spiders because crab spiders eat variety of foods like vegetables and meat.

    Lifecycle
    Crab spiders lifecycle is like any kind of spider first their a female crab spider lays about 90-100 eggs then about 45-50 only hatch[predators eat them]then they be a spiderling and get a ride on their mothers back then they are molting to get an exoskeloton they has to be shed normaly,after that they become a adult and start mating to start the lifecycle again.

    Behaviour
    Fianlly I am going to talk about the behavior of the crab spider is they mostly are catching prey or eating it and mating mostly to.

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  13. Hi my name is Matthew and tell you about spider.


    Water Spider

    water spider are they spider but they in water.
    They know how to swim but can't go underwater.
    They brown big spiders.

    food

    Water spider eat fish and worms and maybe bugs.
    water spider use they fang to eat.

    habitat

    The water spider live web look like a balloon to stay underwater.
    the spider use silk to make it.

    Lifecycle

    Water spider start at when spiderling it grow to water spider.

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