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Quite variable, colors from dull grays, browns and blacks to bright reds, yellows and greens. . Two body regions: cephalothorax and abdomen .
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Quite variable, colors from dull grays, browns and blacks to bright reds, yellows and greens.
Cephalothorax bearing up to eight simple eyes and four pair of legs, divided by thin segment leading to the abdomen which may have one to four pair of spinnerets (finger-like structures), on the posterior end.
A pair of appendages near the mouth called pedipalps, either leg-like or bulbous, depending on sex.
Spiders are predators that eat various other arthropods, usually smaller than themselves. Common prey include crickets, flies, bees, grasshoppers, moths and butterflies.
Spiderlings are smaller than the adults, but basically look the same. Cloration of immature spider may be different than adult