Spider senses
Sheetweb spider. Image - Aaron Scott–Boddendijk
Sight
- Spiders have simple eyes (one facet only), 2 are main eyes on front of the cephalothorax.
- Spiders usually have a total of 8 simple eyes, sometimes 6, and rarely 2.
- Spiders with the best sight are jumping spiders.
Touch and taste
- Spiders use hairs on their body as touch and taste receptors.
- there are receptors for:
- vibrations
- air currents
- humidity
- food.
