Some cultures eat spiders, particularly larger varieties such as the Tarantula.Īppearances Dragons: Riders of Berk Possible medical uses for spider venom are currently being studied. In reality, spider venom is a less polluting alternative to conventional pesticides, as they are deadly to insects but the great majority are harmless to vertebrates. Some dragons, such as the Snaptrapper, eat spiders. However, spider silk has never been used extensively due to difficulty harvesting the amounts needed for large scale production of any items. Spider silk has also been used to cover wounds and even as nets to catch very small fish. There have been attempts to make textiles with the silk of the Golden Orb Spider. Spiders have been harvested for their silk through history, but not on such a large scale as silkworms have. In School of Dragons, spiders are used to get silk for the player. Golden Orb Spiders are known for their large webs made from yellow - or golden - silk. They are found mostly in warm climates and would not have been encountered by historic Vikings. The spider mentioned in School of Dragons, the Golden Orb Spider (also called Golden silk orb-weaver), is one of several species in the Genus Nephila. Many spiders are also venomous, but only a few groups will cause great harm to humans, such as species of Latrodectus Widow Spiders.
Spiders generally eat insects, but large species have been known to catch small mammals and small birds. Spiders are especially known because they produce fine filaments of silk - made of assorted special proteins - to build nests and webs out of to live in or on and catch prey. Spiders (Order Araneae) belong to Phylum Arthropoda, which means they are somewhat related to beetles, crabs, shrimp, and flies, to name a few.
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