Spiders have eight legs, insects have only six. Spiders have two body parts, a head and an abdomen, while insects have three body parts, a head, a thorax, and an abdomen. Insects have antennae, spiders do not. All spiders eat meat, which means they're carnivores.
Spiders catch their food in a lot of different ways.
Some spiders pounce on their prey, others lasso insects with a piece of sticky silk, and many spiders spin webs. All spiders spin silk, even if they don't use it to catch their lunch. The parachutes catch the wind, and the spiders fly through the air. Published by Carolrhoda Books, 1989. Published by Dutton Children's Books, 1993.