Bolas Spider

Where does the Bolas Spider live, what is its habitat?
The Bolas Spider can be found in:

• America

• Africa

• Australia

Does the Bolas Spider have good eyesight?
Generally speaking the Bolas Spider has very good eyesight in order to catch its prey, they also have a good sense of hearing and some can hear when a flying insect is close by. 

Facts and Information about the Bolas Spider
Did you know the following facts about the arachnid commonly known as the Bolas Spider?

• Fact One - Female spiders can produce a horrible smell if disturbed.

• Fact Two - The Bolas spider dose not build a typical web of any kind, instead female create a sticky ball that they swing around and stick to moths and other flying insects.

• Fact Three - Male spiders that have just hatched are born ready to mate.

• Fact Four - Male Bolas spiders hunt by grabbing their prey while sitting at the edge of leaves, its believed that they don't make Bolas because they would dry them selves out.

• Fact Five - The spiders Bolas can be around 2.5mm big.

Classification of the Bolas Spider
Species of spiders are classified according to shared physical characteristics. Spider taxonomy is the science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms in a hierarchical system. This method of classification helps when a description of 40,000 spiders is required! The organization of living things have seven major categories: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. The classification of the Bolas Spider is as follows:

Phylum: Arthropoda
(Phyla are groups of classes. A series of animals or plants genetically connected with shared characteristics. The second biggest grouping in taxonomy. Arthropoda are jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids, crustaceans, insects etc

Class: Arachnida
A Class is a taxonomic group containing one or more orders. Arachnid  consist of any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders and scorpions, of the class Arachnida

Order: Araneae
A taxonomic order, within the class Arachnida (spiders)

Subclass:
The Subclass is nother taxonomic category below a class and above an order which helps in the classification process

Family: Araneidae
Another taxonomic category below an order and above a genus which helps in the classification process.

Genus:
Another taxonomic category below a family and above the level of species which helps in the classification process.

Species:
Specis is a taxonomic group whose members can interbreed.