Most spiders have eight eyes, but some have fewer. Most spiders have 8 legs. Each leg is usually seven-segmented, and usually bears two or three claws. Spiders can spin silken web from a pair of specialized glands in the abdomen. Spiders use silk to capture prey, line burrows, and protect eggs.
Most spiders inject their prey with venom through fangs.
The venom not only kills the prey, but it digests the organism. The spider then consumes the liquified meal. Most spiders are very small, but a few are over 1 cm in size. They are extremely common at the Teter Nature Trail, and are extremely important predators on insects. Without spiders, insect populations would quickly burgeon out of control.