Tarantulas

Tarantula venom is weaker

than a typical bee's.

• T

• F

Periodically shedding their external

skeletons is called

• Exothermic

• Exoskeleton

• Melting

• Molting

Tarantulas live in trees

• T

• F

Answer explanation

Tarantulas are burrowers that live in the

ground.

Hunting at night

• External

• Nocturnal

• Internal

• Binocular

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Insects are tarantulas main prey, but they

also target bigger game, including frogs,

toads, and mice.

• T

• F

Tarantulas don’t use a web to catch prey, though it

may spin a trip wire to signal an alert

• T

• F

Tarantulas inject a paralyzing ______ with their fangs.

• sharp object

• Venom

Tarantulas eat their prey whole

• T

• F

Answer explanation

They secrete digestive enzymes to

liquefy their victims' bodies so that they

can suck the victims up.

After a large meal, the tarantula may not

need to eat for a ________

• Day

• Week

• Month

• Year

Pepsis _________ will paralyze a tarantula

with its sting and lay its eggs on the

spider's body.

• Bees

• Wasps

• Spiders

• Ants