#spider predatory arachnid that usually has silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
supertype: #arachnid__arachnoid air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
member of: #order_Araneae
subtype: #black_and_gold_garden_spider__Argiope_aurantia a widely distributed North American garden spider
subtype: #barn_spider__Araneus_cavaticus an orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily; "the barn spider was made famous in E. B. White's book `Charlotte's Web'"
subtype: #garden_spider__Aranea_diademata a common European garden spider
subtype: #comb-footed_spider__theridiid spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot
subtype: #black_widow__blackwidow__Latrodectus_mactans venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen
subtype: #tarantula large hairy tropical spider that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites
subtype: #wolf_spider__hunting_spider__huntingspider ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web
subtype: #European_wolf_spider__tarantula__Lycosa_tarentula large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)
subtype: #trap-door_spider American spider that constructs a silk-lined nest with a hinged lid
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