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What is a spider?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-a-spiders/Spiders and their relatives are called arachnids. Scientist have grouped them together into a class called Arachnida. Arachnology is the study of this group of animals
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Where do spiders live?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/where-do-spiders-live/You can see spiders by day and night in almost every habitat on earth.
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Dangerous animals
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/dangerous-animals/Meet some of Australia's most dangerous animals and learn about the different ways they poison and catch their prey. The Australian Museum has an extensive collection of Australia's deadliest animals to find out more about why they are so dangerous to humans.
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Arachnology
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/arachnology/Arachnology is the study of the group of animals called arachnids. Arachnids include spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks and mites.
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The features of spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/classroom-activities/spider-anatomy/Use the downloadable spider diagram to label the main features and body parts of a spider and discuss their functions.
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Spider adaptations
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/classroom-activities/spider-adaptations/Learn about the adaptations of the different groups of spiders - hunters, weavers and burrowers, then colour in and cut out a St Andrew's Cross Spider and make it climb up a piece of string!
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Spider crossword
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/classroom-activities/spider-crossword/Learn the scientific names related to spiders, their classification and their adaptations.
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Touring exhibition: Spiders – From Fear to Fascination
https://australian.museum/get-involved/services/touring-exhibits/touring-exhibition-spiders-from-fear-to-fascination/Spiders – From Fear to Fascination exhibition is a face-to-face interactive encounter with over 250 real spider specimens, live exhibits and rigorous contemporary science.
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Animal factsheets
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/Discover the astonishing variety of mammals, birds, reptiles, marine life and more in the Australian Museum collections.
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Spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/Learn more about spiders, their origins, and how they are classified. Discover factsheets from the Arachnology collection, which includes the largest collection of funnel-web spiders in Australia.
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