The biggest Tarantula ever was a Goliath Spider and was 7.5cm in length. Its leg span was 28cm. Did you know that the Red Back spider has been successfully bred in large numbers at the London Zoo, where males have been mated many times. Did you know that the female Wolf spider's hairs on their abdomen have special knobs for the young to hold on to when they are getting a piggy back from their mothers. Did you know that the bite of some large spiders can be painful but the smaller spiders can not pinch the skin hard enough to get in.
Some female spiders are so much bigger than the males that they sometimes eat their mates.
Did you know that most male Black Widow spiders have 2 red dots on each side of their abdomen. Did you know that the greatest predator of the Wolf spider is the hunting wasp. The Wolf spider stalks its prey like a wild dog or wolf hence its name. Did you know that in seven years if you get bitten by a Wolf spider, you could have no arm left because the wound from its bite eats a centimetre of skin every month and there is NO medicine for the bite. Did you know the male spiders don't build webs to catch their food, instead they are always looking for females to mate with.