Spider Facts

In surveys about fears and phobias, more people report being afraid of spiders than death.

Harrison Ford has a species of spider named after him!

In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be a harbinger of good luck! There once lived a woman so poor, says a Ukrainian folk tale, that she could not afford Christmas decorations for her family. One Ch

Spiders have transparent blood.

A spider's silk is stronger than steel.

In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.

A Missouri family sued the previous owners of a house that they had just bought after Brown Recluse Spiders "started bleeding out of the walls." An expert came in and estimated that the house was infested with 4,000 — 5,000 of the spiders.