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A Fear of Spiders

Spiders, they creep and crawl all over walls
They have eight legs and eight eyeballs
Hairy, scary, creepy, and freaky
They wander and roam they sure are sneaky

Whenever I see a spider I yelp, shriek, and scream
I see them in my nightmares but not in my dreams
They spin their webs above my head
Spiders are what I dread

Arachnophobia I’ve been told
Is a fear of spiders and a fear that I hold
They disgust, repulse, and absolutely scare me
Spiders are what terrify me I can guarantee

~ Isabel Realyvasquez

Nursery Web Spider (Pisauridae Mirabilis)

The Nursery Web Spider is common throughout the UK in sheltered habitats. They are roaming hunters that don't use webs for catching prey, growing to 15 mm in body length. A characteristic feature of this family is the female's habit of carrying her egg-sac in her jaws and held in place beneath her body by backwards pressure from her palps. No other family carries their egg-sac in this manner. When the spiderlings are about to hatch, the female spins a nursery tent around the egg-sac and stands guard outside it until they disperse, hence the family's common name.

Description

A Fear of Spiders

Spiders, they creep and crawl all over walls
They have eight legs and eight eyeballs
Hairy, scary, creepy, and freaky
They wander and roam they sure are sneaky

Whenever I see a spider I yelp, shriek, and scream
I see them in my nightmares but not in my dreams
They spin their webs above my head
Spiders are what I dread

Arachnophobia I’ve been told
Is a fear of spiders and a fear that I hold
They disgust, repulse, and absolutely scare me
Spiders are what terrify me I can guarantee

~ Isabel Realyvasquez

Nursery Web Spider (Pisauridae Mirabilis)

The Nursery Web Spider is common throughout the UK in sheltered habitats. They are roaming hunters that don't use webs for catching prey, growing to 15 mm in body length. A characteristic feature of this family is the female's habit of carrying her egg-sac in her jaws and held in place beneath her body by backwards pressure from her palps. No other family carries their egg-sac in this manner. When the spiderlings are about to hatch, the female spins a nursery tent around the egg-sac and stands guard outside it until they disperse, hence the family's common name.