This realistic spider will adhere to windows or walls throughout your home or haunted house. The black spider is the perfect finishing touch decoration for your spooky Halloween theme display.

Did you know that spiders can be found on every continent in the world except for Antarctica. Spiders, also known as Araneae, are eight legged arthropods that breath air and have fangs which inject venom. Spiders have become common symbols in art and mythology and they represent a combination of patience, cruelty, and creative powers due to their versatile and wide range of behaviors. Spiders have become the source of fear and even phobia for many people. Statistics show that nearly 50% of women and 10% of men show symptoms of arachnophobia which is thought to be an exaggerated form of an instinctive response from our early ancestors to survive. Perhaps arachnophobia is more of a cultural phenomenon that is passed down from European societies. In reality most spiders will only bite humans in self defense and very few spider bites have a worse effect than a mosquito bite. There are a couple of spiders whose bites are medically serious such as the recluse spiders and widow spiders. Like all of God’s creatures, spiders to serve a specific purpose in the web of life and have many other benefits for humans. In Cambodia cooked tarantula spiders are considered a delicacy. Scientists are researching the possibility that spider venoms may be used as a less pollutant alternative to conventional pesticides because their venom is deadly to insects but harmless to vertebrates. Medical uses are also being explored using spider venom for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, cardiac arrhythmia, strokes and even erectile dysfunction.