There you will find the eyes, fangs, poison glands and the spider's eight legs. The second part, called the abdomen, contains the spider's heart and the silk glands the spider uses to create its web. Where spiders prefer to live when they are not trapped in your house Crab spiders hide in flowers waiting for a tasty bee or fly to drop by. They prefer flowers that are the same color as they are. Some of their favorites are snapdragons, Queen Anne's lace, marigolds, asters and goldenrod.
Tarantulas are Missouri's largest spider, but also one of the shyest.
These spiders are at home in dry, rocky glades. During the day they rest in their silk-lined burrows in the ground. At night they hunt for crickets. Garden spiders like to build their webs in gardens and in tall grass, where they can find lots of grasshoppers and katydids to munch on. Wolf spiders prefer to live in moist areas near streams, ponds and under leaves in the woods.