Spiders – Beautiful Creepy Crawlies
On September 14th 2005 between 11:30am and 12:30pm, join our videoconference with
Te Papa's Collection Manager of Entomology – Phil Sirvid
Join Phil to learn more about spiders and get the chance to identify some species of spiders with your class. This is a fantastic opportunity to ask some questions of Te Papa's expert on spiders.
Find out about:
- What's the biggest spider in the world and in NZ?
- How many kinds of spider are there in the world?
- How many kinds of spider are there in NZ?
- What poisonous spiders live in NZ?
- Do all spiders spin webs?
- How do spiders spin webs?
- How do spiders avoid getting stuck in their own webs?
- How do spiders grow?
- How can you study spiders?
- What creatures eat spiders?
- What's the difference between spiders and insects?
- Are white tail spiders dangerous?
- Is it true the daddy long legs spider is the most poisonous spider in the world but can't bite you because its fangs are too small?
Prepare some amazing questions for Phil and be dazzled by his knowledge on the beautiful creepy crawlies – Spiders.
Phil will also bring along some education items such as live spiders and images of various spiders for identification. This should be a fun question and answer session so make sure you register soon!
TO REGISTER FOR THIS VIDEO-CONFERENCE, CONTACT digitalconversations@cwa.co.nz BY 12 SEPTEMBER 2005
Telephone: (04) 382 6506