SuitabookSpooky wolf spiders
Meish Goldish
- Reading
- Browse the photographs together, pausing at the hunting and bite information; invite the reader to distinguish what the spider does to insects from what its bite means for people.
- Themes
- Informational introduction to wolf spiders: The book presents wolf spiders’ physical characteristics, habitat, diet and behaviour, including their eyesight, speed and hunting without webs. Its informational approach pairs striking photographs and surprising facts with reassurance that the spiders’ bite cannot kill a person.
- Worth knowing
- It explains that venom liquefies an insect’s insides and that a wolf spider’s bite cannot kill a person; this predator-and-bite material may prompt questions or unease.