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Spiders are a diverse group of arthropods that belong to the class Arachnida.
They are characterized by their eight legs, two body segments, and the ability to spin intricate webs to capture prey.
Spiders are found in a wide range of habitats, from tropical rainforests to deserts, and play a vital role in the ecosystem as predators and prey.
Many spider species produce venom, which they use to subdue their prey, and some are known to be venomous to humans, though the majority are not considered dangerous.
Spiders exhibit a wide range of behaviors, including web-building, hunting, and parental care, and are of great interest to researchers in fields such as ecology, evolution, and biomechanics.
Despitr their often-feared reputation, spiders are an essential component of the natural world and are worthy of further study and appreciation.

Most cited protocols related to «Spiders»

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Integrating EM Data with SAXS Analysis
Cited 118 times
SAXS data are often used for validation and comparison with electron microscopy (EM) reconstructions (Andersen et al., 2006 ▶ ; Tidow et al., 2007 ▶ ; Vestergaard et al., 2005 ▶ ). To conveniently work with EM models we developed a program EM2DAM (electron microscopy density map to dummy atom model), which converts an EM density map into a bead model in a PDB-like format (Bernstein et al., 1977 ▶ ). The latter model can be used for the calculation of the theoretical intensity and fitting to experimental scattering curves, e.g. using CRYSOL. If the EM map file follows the MRC format (Crowther et al., 1996 ▶ ), the user should only supply the threshold value defining the particle in the EM map, while all other parameters (number of voxels, voxel size etc.) are extracted from the header of the MRC file. It is also possible to read other formats [CCP4 (Collaborative Computational Project, No. 4, 1994 ▶ ), SPIDERhttp://www.wadsworth.org/spider_doc/spider/docs/spider.htmletc.], by specifying these parameters in the interactive mode. The EM-based dummy atom model can also be mildly refined. If the ‘--damform’ option is selected, the resulting model can be used as an initial search volume in DAMMIN (Svergun, 1999 ▶ ), whereby the surface beads (within a user-specified cutoff) can change their phase from particle to solvent during DAMMIN refinement while the core beads remain fixed.
Petoukhov M.V., Franke D., Shkumatov A.V., Tria G., Kikhney A.G., Gajda M., Gorba C., Mertens H.D., Konarev P.V, & Svergun D.I. (2012). New developments in the ATSAS program package for small-angle scattering data analysis. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 45(Pt 2), 342-350.
Publication 2012
Electron Microscopy Reconstructive Surgical Procedures Solvents Spiders
2
Improved Subnetwork Identification in Large Datasets
Cited 49 times
HotNet2 extends our previous algorithm HotNet17 ,18 (link) in several
directions. First, HotNet2 employs an insulated heat diffusion process that better encodes
the local topology of the neighborhood surrounding a protein in the interaction network.
Second, HotNet2 uses an asymmetric influence F(i,
j) between two proteins gi,
gj to derive a directed measure of similarity
E(i, j) between them, while HotNet
derives a symmetric influence. Third, HotNet2 identifies strongly connected components in
the directed graph H, while HotNet computes connected components in an
undirected graph. These differences enable HotNet2 to effectively detect significant
subnetworks in datasets in which the number of samples is order(s) of magnitude larger
than considered by HotNet, and in which the mutational frequencies, or scores, occupy a
broad range (from very common to extremely rare). See Supplementary Figure 2.
Expanding on this third point, when undirected diffusion algorithms like HotNet
or related network propagation algorithms19 (link) are run on large datasets containing a wide range of gene scores (e.g.
the Pan-Cancer dataset), many of the resulting subnetworks are “hot”
star graphs determined by a single high-scoring node and the immediate
neighbors of this node (Supplementary
Figure 2). Star graphs, or more generally spider graphs, have one central node
connected to multiple neighboring nodes that are not interconnected. While the hot, center
node in these star graphs is typically a significant gene, the neighboring nodes are often
artifacts.
We found that HotNet2 returns >80% fewer hot stars/spiders than
HotNet on the Pan-Cancer datasets (Supplementary Table 31). This is a major difference between the algorithms and
is one of the reasons why HotNet fails to find statistically significant results
(P ≤ 0.01 for any subnetwork size k) on three
of six runs (Supplementary Table
32,33), while HotNet2 finds statistically significant results on all six runs.
The HotNet2 subnetworks also have a higher fraction of interactions with proteins other
than a hot central node (Supplementary
Note Section 7.1). These differences are explained by the undirected vs. directed
heat similarity measures used in HotNet versus HotNet2. We note that the goal of HotNet2
is not to eliminate hot stars/spiders, but rather to reduce the number of such subnetworks
that are false positives. We also compared HotNet2 to HotNet on simulated data. In short,
the results show that HotNet2 achieves higher sensitivity and specificity than HotNet
(Supplementary Note Section 7.2and Supplementary Figure 26).
To further demonstrate the advantages of HotNet2 on the Pan-Cancer mutation
frequency dataset, we compared HotNet2 to HotNet and to two standard tests of pathway
enrichment, DAVID61 (link),62 (link) and gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA)63 (link),64 (link).
We find that HotNet2 provides both new insights and a simpler summary of groups of
interacting genes, and is a useful complement (or arguably a replacement for) other
pathway tests (Supplementary Note
Section 8.1). We also show that HotNet2 has much higher specificity than HotNet,
DAVID, and GSEA in identifying genes satisfying the 20/20 rule9 (link) (Supplementary Note Section 8.1.4, Supplementary Figure 27, and Supplementary Tables 34–36). Finally,
we find that HotNet2 was more stable than HotNet in identifying 20/20 genes using
cross-validation (Supplementary Note
Section 7.3 and Supplementary
Figure 28).
We attempted to compare HotNet2 to MEMo65 , an algorithm to identify groups of interacting genes with mutually
exclusive mutations. First, we note several important difference between HotNet2 and MEMo.
Namely, HotNet2 (1) analyzes the mutations and network topology
simultaneously; (2) is not restricted to analyzing exclusive mutations
and can analyze co-occurring mutations, and (3) can use input heat scores that capture
additional information (e.g. functional significance) about the mutations. We found that
MEMo was unable to run on the Pan-Cancer mutation frequency dataset, consistent with the
authors’ recommendation that MEMo should be run only on a small number of
significant mutations (details in Supplementary Note Section 8.2).
Leiserson M.D., Vandin F., Wu H.T., Dobson J.R., Eldridge J.V., Thomas J.L., Papoutsaki A., Kim Y., Niu B., McLellan M., Lawrence M.S., Gonzalez-Perez A., Tamborero D., Cheng Y., Ryslik G.A., Lopez-Bigas N., Getz G., Ding L, & Raphael B.J. (2014). Pan-Cancer Network Analysis Identifies Combinations of Rare Somatic Mutations across Pathways and Protein Complexes. Nature genetics, 47(2), 106-114.
Publication 2014
Diffusion Genes Genes, vif Malignant Neoplasms Mutation Proteins Spiders Stars, Celestial Thermal Diffusion
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Loss of Cell-Cell Adhesion in arm Mutants
Cited 31 times
The following stocks containing fluorescent fusion proteins were used: Spider-GFP (95–1) and Resille-GFP (117–2) (Morin et al., 2001 (link)), membrane-mCherry (this paper), myosin-GFP (sqh-GFP; Royou et al., 2002 (link)), and myosin-mCherry (sqh-mCherry; Martin et al., 2009 (link)). To examine cell shape in embryos devoid of a-p polarity, we used the stock w; Resille-GFP; bicoidE1 nanosL7 torso-like146/TM3; Sb. We analyzed embryos from mothers that were homozygous for bicoidE1 nanosL7 torso-like146. To generate armM/Z mutants, we created arm043A01 germ-line clones using the FLP-DFS system (Chou and Perrimon, 1992 (link)). We visualized myosin II in armM/Z mutants by generating a stock that was arm043A01 FRT101/FM7; sqh-GFP. We crossed females of this genotype to w ovoD FRT101/Y; flp-138 males to obtain arm043A01 FRT101/w ovoD FRT101; flp-138/+ females. These females were heat shocked as larvae for 2 h at 37°C each day to induce mitotic recombination in the germ line. We imaged embryos from the following cross: arm043A01 FRT101/w ovoD FRT101; flp-138/+ females x FM7/+; flp-138/+ males. Half of these embryos showed loss of cell–cell adhesion, which is consistent with half being rescued zygotically.
Martin A.C., Gelbart M., Fernandez-Gonzalez R., Kaschube M, & Wieschaus E.F. (2010). Integration of contractile forces during tissue invagination. The Journal of Cell Biology, 188(5), 735-749.
Publication 2010
Cell Adhesion Cell Shape Clone Cells Embryo Females Genotype Germ Line Homozygote Larva Males morin Mothers Myosin ATPase Myosin Type II Proteins Recombination, Genetic Spiders Tissue, Membrane Torso
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Comprehensive Home-based Temperament Assessment
Cited 30 times
During home visits, child temperament was assessed using the Lab-TAB–Home Version, a comprehensive home-based temperament assessment that includes behavioral episodes corresponding to dimensions of temperament. This administration of the Lab-TAB included 12 standardized behavioral episodes intended to elicit targeted affective and behavioral reactions. These episodes comprised a revised version of the Preschool Lab-TAB (Goldsmith et al., 1993 ). Preschool Lab-TAB data has previously shown convergent validity with temperament questionnaires (i.e., the Children’s Behavior Questionnaire) as well as continuity across age in several studies (e.g., Pfeifer et al., 2002 (link)). The administration and coding of this home-based version was almost identical to the lab versions. The only significant differences were that the child was in the home, the camera was present as opposed to being in a control room, and the props that the experimenter used were in a bag in the room. Although there is always variance in behavioral observation from place-to-place (including from laboratory to laboratory), our goal was to make the administration as consistent as possible across home administrations. The Lab-TAB assessments typically lasted about 40 minutes and occurred at the midpoint of a two-hour home visit that included other activities such as maternal interviews and play sessions with a sibling. One child tester administered the battery after establishing appropriate rapport with the child. Eight individuals served as child testers for the 4.5 year visits, and each was highly trained and monitored to achieve consistency of administration. During administration of the Lab-TAB episodes, children’s behavior was videotaped and later coded in the laboratory. Thirteen percent of the sample was rated by a second observer and every Lab-TAB episode had a mean Kappa of .90 or higher reflecting chance-corrected inter-rater agreement.
Table 1 lists the 12 Lab-TAB episodes, beginning with a descriptive title that will be used throughout the paper (Bookmark, Box Empty, Dinky Toys, End of the Line, Perpetual Motion, Popping Bubbles, Pop-up Snakes, Snack Delay, Spider, Stranger Approach, Transparent Box, Workbench). Brief descriptions of the episodes as well as the broad domains of temperamental reactions that each episode was intended to elicit are also noted. Within each episode epoch or trial, a number of child responses are coded. Lab-TAB coding involves multiple domains of responses including facial, vocalic, motoric, behavioral and postural modalities (e.g., smiling, reaching, crying, touching, or changes in facial expression). Sometimes the presence or absence of a response is simply noted; however, more often parameters of the response, such as latency, duration, and intensity, are timed or rated. Expressive (e.g., facial and vocal) measures and instrumental or motoric measures often fall into different clusters and can be classified as different episode component scores. For example, the Box Empty episode yields anger, sadness, and approach scores. If episode component scores are intercorrelated, an overall episode summary score is often justified. However, we used many episode-level component scores in the present analyses. The actual process of scoring and scale construction for the Lab-TAB is a key element of our results and will be described in the next section.
Gagne J.R., Van Hulle C.A., Aksan N., Essex M.J, & Goldsmith H.H. (2011). Deriving Childhood Temperament Measures from Emotion-eliciting Behavioral Episodes: Scale Construction and Initial Validation. Psychological assessment, 23(2), 337-353.
Publication 2010
Anger Behavior Observation Techniques Child Child, Preschool EPOCH protocol Face Mothers Sadness Snacks Snakes Spiders Temperament
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Observational Assessment of Child Temperament
Cited 25 times
Each child and a parent (95.0% mothers) visited the laboratory for a 2-hour observational assessment of temperament that included a standardized set of 12 episodes selected to elicit a range of temperament-relevant behaviors. Eleven episodes were from the Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery (Lab-TAB; Goldsmith, Reilly, Lemery, Longley, & Prescott, 1995 ) and one was adapted from a Lab-TAB episode. Using an independent sample, we previously reported moderate stability of laboratory ratings of temperament from ages 3 to 7 (r=.46 and .45 for PE and NE, respectively), and moderate concurrent and longitudinal associations between Lab-TAB ratings and home observations (Durbin, Hayden, Klein, & Olino, 2007 (link)). Each task was videotaped through a one-way mirror and later coded. To prevent carry-over effects, no episodes presumed to evoke similar affective responses occurred consecutively and each episode was followed by a brief play break to allow the child to return to a baseline affective state. The parent remained in the room with the child for all episodes except Stranger and Box Empty (see below), but was instructed not to interact with the child (except in Pop-Up Snakes), and was seated facing at a right angle from the experimenter and child and given questionnaires to complete.
The episodes, in order of presentation, were: (1) Risk Room. Child explored a set of novel and ambiguous stimuli, including a Halloween mask, balance beam, and black box; (2) Tower of Patience. Child and experimenter alternated turns in building a tower. The experimenter took increasing amounts of time before placing her block on the tower during each turn; (3) Arc of Toys. Child played independently with toys for five minutes before the experimenter asked the child to clean up the toys; (4) Stranger Approach. Child was left alone briefly in the room before a male accomplice entered, speaking to the child while slowly walking closer; (5) Make that Car Go. Child and experimenter raced remote-controlled cars; (6) Transparent Box. Experimenter locked an attractive toy in a transparent box, leaving the child alone with a set of non-working keys. After a few minutes, the experimenter returned and told the child that she had left the wrong set of keys. The child used the new keys to open the box and play with the toy; (7) Exploring New Objects. Child was given the opportunity to explore a set of novel and ambiguous stimuli, including a mechanical spider, a mechanical bird, and sticky soft gel balls; (8) Pop-up Snakes. Child and experimenter surprised the parent with a can of potato chips that actually contained coiled snakes; (9) Impossibly Perfect Green Circles. Experimenter repeatedly asked the child to draw a circle on a large piece of paper, mildly criticizing each attempt; (10) Popping Bubbles. Child and experimenter played with a bubble-shooting toy; (11) Snack Delay. Child was instructed to wait for the experimenter to ring a bell before eating a snack. The experimenter systematically increased the delay before ringing the bell; and (12) Box Empty. Child was given an elaborately wrapped box to open under the impression that a toy was inside. After the child discovered the box was empty, the experimenter returned with several toys for the child to keep.
Olino T.M., Klein D.N., Dyson M.W., Rose S.A, & Durbin C.E. (2010). Temperamental Emotionality in Preschool-Aged Children and Depressive Disorders in Parents: Associations in a Large Community Sample. Journal of abnormal psychology, 119(3), 468-478.
Publication 2010
Aves Child DNA Chips Emotions Males Mothers Parent Potato Snacks Snakes Spiders Temperament

Most recents protocols related to «Spiders»

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Comprehensive Toolset for Network Inference
All analyses were performed using netZooPy v0.8.1, the Python distribution of the netZoo (netzoo.github.io). NetZoo methods are implemented in R, Python, MATLAB, and C. netZooR v1.3 is currently implemented in R v4.2 and available through GitHub (https://github.com/netZoo/netZooR) and Bioconductor (https://bioconductor.org/packages/netZooR) and includes PANDA, LIONESS, CONDOR, MONSTER, ALPACA, PUMA, SAMBAR, OTTER, CRANE, SPIDER, EGRET, DRAGON, and YARN. netZooPy v0.8.1 is implemented in Python v3.9 and includes PANDA, LIONESS, CONDOR, PUMA, SAMBAR, OTTER, and DRAGON. netZooM v0.5.2 is implemented in MATLAB 2020b (The Mathworks, Natick, MA, USA) and includes PANDA, LIONESS, PUMA, OTTER, and SPIDER. netZooC v0.2 implements PANDA and PUMA.
Ben Guebila M., Wang T., Lopes-Ramos C.M., Fanfani V., Weighill D., Burkholz R., Schlauch D., Paulson J.N., Altenbuchinger M., Shutta K.H., Sonawane A.R., Lim J., Calderer G., van IJzendoorn D.G., Morgan D., Marin A., Chen C.Y., Song Q., Saha E., DeMeo D.L., Padi M., Platig J., Kuijjer M.L., Glass K, & Quackenbush J. (2023). The Network Zoo: a multilingual package for the inference and analysis of gene regulatory networks. Genome Biology, 24, 45.
Publication 2023
Otters Puma Python Spiders Vicugna pacos
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Scoping Review on Older Adults and SDGs
In keeping with the Cochrane guidelines, we chose a scoping review approach because the literature has not previously been comprehensively reviewed and is heterogeneous in nature, consisting of peer-reviewed literature, international and national policy documents, and policy appraisals [16 ]. Searches were conducted between April and May 2021; peer-reviewed literature searches (in Scopus, Medline, and Global Health databases) were followed by grey literature searches (in Google and on the websites of the UN, WHO, Centre for Ageing Better, International Federation of Ageing, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). The searches were limited to a four year period, running from the introduction of the SDGs (in January 2016 [11 ]) to the start of the Decade of Healthy Ageing (in January 2021 [17 ]). Grey literature searches were limited to the first 100 results. Table 1 depicts the search strategy; the searches were adapted for each database to be reproducible.

Search strategy for the scoping review

ThemesSearch Terms
Theme 1, Population:(*aged OR retir* OR *age OR ageing OR *aging OR *old OR elder* OR senior* OR pension*) AND
Theme 2, Concept:(SDG* OR “sustainable development goal*”) AND
Theme 3, Context:communit* OR city or cities or town* OR village* or neighbourhood* OR residence
Limits:English Language; published between 2016 to 2020; humans

Notes: The timeline was chosen due to the introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals in January 2016 [11 ] and launch of United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing in 2021 [17 ]

Abbreviations: SDG = Sustainable Development Goal

First, titles were screened by VS; then, abstracts and full texts were double screened by VS and CM, with discrepancies resolved via discussion. After screening and inclusion of papers, reference lists of the peer-reviewed articles were searched to avoid any data being omitted; also, forward searches were conducted to identify relevant papers that referenced the peer-reviewed articles.
Extraction of data from each document or study was streamlined using adaptations of existing frameworks [18 ]. We summarised the results narratively and descriptively to align with the objectives of the review. Quality assessment is not a standard procedure for scoping reviews [16 ] and was not conducted. However, a SPIDER search tool, which determined the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the review, was used (provided in Supplementary Table 1). The document selection process is shown in Fig. 1.

Flow diagram of the study selection strategy

Shevelkova V., Mattocks C, & Lafortune L. (2023). Efforts to address the Sustainable Development Goals in older populations: a scoping review. BMC Public Health, 23, 456.
Publication 2023
Acclimatization elder flower Genetic Heterogeneity Spiders Sustainable Development TimeLine
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Ifakara Large Ambient Chamber Test (I-LACT) Protocol
The I-LACT in which the experiment was conducted is a polyester net cage measuring 6 × 6 × 2 m fixed inside an SFS located at the Ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo-Kingani, Tanzania (Fig. 1). The I-LACT dimensions represent the approximate size of the peridomestic space around rural Tanzanian homes, where most domestic activity occurs [23 (link)]. This bioassay was designed to ensure the maximum recovery of released mosquitoes for the evaluation of vector control tools. Preliminary experiments have shown that the recapture rate for the I-LACT is approximately 90%, whereas that of the standard SFS compartment is approximately 60%. The lower recapture rate in the SFS is due to its high roof and textured surfaces, which make it difficult to reach and see all released mosquitoes. The sides and roof of the I-LACT are made of polyester netting, to allow airflow, both floor and netting are white coloured to facilitate mosquito collection after exposure as mosquitoes can be easily seen against the white background. The compartment is sealed with a zip to prevent mosquito escape, and is kept free of mosquito predators through daily clearing of spiders and the use of sugar baits spiked with boric acid to minimize scavenging ants. The I-LACT enables controlled experiments with the simultaneous release of multiple laboratory mosquito strains to be carried out. In addition, as laboratory-reared mosquitoes are disease-free, conducting these experiments with blood-feeding endpoints is considered safe. For the experiment reported here, two I-LACTs were used, one for the treatments and one for the controls.

Photograph and diagram showing the semi-field system with an Ifakara large ambient chamber test (I-LACT; 6 × 6 × 2 m) in each compartment

Tambwe M.M., Kibondo U.A., Odufuwa O.G., Moore J., Mpelepele A., Mashauri R., Saddler A, & Moore S.J. (2023). Human landing catches provide a useful measure of protective efficacy for the evaluation of volatile pyrethroid spatial repellents. Parasites & Vectors, 16, 90.
Publication 2023
Ants Biological Assay BLOOD boric acid Carbohydrates Culicidae Polyesters Spiders Strains Vision
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Emotional Video Elicitation Protocol
Emotionally evocative videos (movies) intended to elicit natural facial expressions were collected from publicly accessible sources and trimmed into 3–5 s clips. All video stimuli were tested and rated for emotive properties by laboratory members. The clips contained no political, violent or frightening content, and participants were given general examples of what they might see prior to the start of the experiment. The three categories of videos included: ‘neutrals’, featuring landscapes; ‘adorables’, featuring cute animal antics; and ‘creepies’, featuring spiders, worms and states of decay. Videos were rated prior to use in the experiment according to the intensity of emotions experienced (from 0 to 100 on a continuous-measure Likert-type scale; 0: the specific emotion was not experienced, and 100: emotion was present and highly intense) according to basic emotion types (joy, sadness, anger, disgust, surprise and fear). For example, a video clip of pandas rolling down a hill (from the 'adorables' category) might be rated an 80 for joy, 40 for surprise and 0 for sadness, fear, anger and disgust. Responses were collected and averaged for each video. The final calibrated set used in the experiment consisted of clips that best evoked intense affective reactions (except for the ‘neutrals’ category, from which the lowest-rated videos were chosen).
Hirsch J., Zhang X., Noah J.A, & Bhattacharya A. (2023). Neural mechanisms for emotional contagion and spontaneous mimicry of live facial expressions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378(1875), 20210472.
Publication 2023
Anger Animals Clip Disgust Emotions Fear Helminthiasis Sadness Spiders
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Cellular Senescence Assay with SA-β-Galactosidase
To assess SA-β-galactosidase levels, a cellular senescence assay was performed (Dojindo, Kumamoto, Japan). After 24 h of treatment with nintedanib, pirfenidone, or D + Q, cells were lysed with 50 μL of lysis buffer and incubated for 10 min. Then, 50 μL of SPiDER-βgal working solution was added to each well and incubated at 37 °C for 30 min. After that, 100 μL of stop solution was added to each well. Fluorescence values were assessed using a fluorescence excitation wavelength of 500 nm and an emission of 540 nm with a fluorescent microplate reader (Biotek, Winooski, VT, USA).
Badaro-Garcia S., Hohmann M.S., Coelho A.L., Verri WA J.r, & Hogaboam C.M. (2023). Standard of care drugs do not modulate activity of senescent primary human lung fibroblasts. Scientific Reports, 13, 3654.
Publication 2023
Aftercare Biological Assay Buffers Cells Cellular Senescence Fluorescence GLB1 protein, human nintedanib pirfenidone Spiders

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More about "Spiders"

Arachnids, a Diverse Group of Arthropods: Spiders, Venomous Predators and Essential Ecosystem Components Spiders, belonging to the class Arachnida, are a diverse group of arthropods characterized by their eight legs, two body segments, and the remarkable ability to spin intricate webs to capture prey.
These captivating creatures can be found in a wide range of habitats, from lush tropical rainforests to arid deserts, and play a vital role in the ecosystem as both predators and prey.
Many spider species possess venom, which they utilize to subdue their prey, and while some are known to be venomous to humans, the majority are considered harmless.
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