Creepy Insects: Silk Orb-Weaver Spiders
From “Tarantula” and “Mesa of Lost Women” in the 1950s to “Arachnophobia” in 1990 and “Ice Spiders” in 2007, giant spiders have long terrorized movie-goers on the silver screen. But the fear can’t be measured against what some people may feel in Australia when they come across the web of a golden silk orb-weaver.
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The webs of this particular spider are very intricate, and in some cases strong enough to capture prey as big as small birds and snakes. The golden silk orb-weaver is one of only three spiders known to eat birds. The others are the goliath bird eater and the Eastern tarantula, also known as the barking spider.
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