#1: There are mutually beneficial relationships between dotted humming frogs and tarantulas in South America and on the Indian subcontinent. The frog gets a safe place to live and eats any ants and fly larvae that try to eat the tarantula's eggs, while the tarantula's babies are protected from predators.
#2: Bagheera Kiplingi is the only herbivorous spider species.
#3: The earliest evidence of spiders dates back to 130 million years ago.
#4: Spider silk is 5 times stronger than steel, and thinner than human hair.
#5: They around 10% of their body weight in insects/food per day. One spider eats about 2,000 insects a year. Without them, there would be a lot more pests like mosquitos.
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