You know that spiders have eight legs, but an insect has only six legs. Yes, two more. This deceiving spider raises her two front legs and pretends they are antennae, like the spider's feelers. Since many insects cannot see very well, to them the spider pretending to be an insect has only six legs. The insect is fooled, and the spider eats it.
Students illustrate the list of ways that spiders defend themselves.
Applying the Idea Students draw themselves as a spider encountering an enemy and draw what they would do to survive. Ask the students to observe the spiders in their vivarium to see if spiders use a sense of smell to detect their prey or their enemies. Tell me why this animal is a spider enemy. Show and tell three ways a spider can protect and defend herself from an enemy. Journals in which students draw spiders defending themselves.