Jumping Spiders Life Cycle
By Olivia Mrnarevic
CONTENTS 02 STAGE ONE: EGG
03 STAGE TWO: SPIDERLING
04 STAGE THREE: GROWN SPIDER
05 HOW A JUMPING SPIDER LIVES
06 FUN FACTS ABOUT JUMPING SPIDERS
The first stage of a jumping spiders life cycle is the egg. Female spider lays eggs and makes a sac out of silk to keep them
STAGE ONE: EGG
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After a few weeks, the eggs hatch. And the baby spiders, called spiderlings, chew through the egg sac.
Eggs: what the mother spider lays, and baby spiders grow inside.
Silk: material made by spiders to build webs and make egg sacs.
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STAGE TWO: SPIDERLING Its been a few days. The small baby spiders have grown into Spiderlings. A Spiderling jumped off the leaf. It releases a string of Silk. The Spiderling Flew as a breeze blew. After flying and flying, the Spiderling safely landed in a backyard. The Spiderling its 10 weeks old now. It sheds its new Exoskeleton. Spiderling- The second stage of a spider. Silk- a string, like a strand. Breeze- a big gust of wind.
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Exoskeleton - A old skeleton of a spider
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STAGE THREE: GROWN SPIDER
The Spider is 4 months old now. It is fully grown. It has been catching then eating other insects. Some of the insects they eat are, beetles, and ants. Jumping spiders use their two front legs to catch their prey. They pounce on their prey then they stab their prey with their two fangs.
Stab: you Stab the meat with a knife. Pounce: Jump on something. Fangs: Sharp teeth.
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WHAT A JUMPING SPIDER
How a Jumping Spider Survives WHERE SPIDER
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Jumping spiders eat other insects. like, Ants, Bees and crickets. Young spiders eat each other. Female spiders often eat male spiders.
Spiders live everywhere. In cold places, hot places, and normal places. But some hibernate in the winter.
HOW A JUMPING SPIDER PROTECTS ITSELF
It has glands to make webs. Jumping spiders in winter make little huts with the silk from the gland.
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