- Sep
- 13
On Wednesday 13 September between 11:30am–12:30pm, join our live videoconference:
Spiders — Beautiful Creepy Crawlies
Join Te Papa’s Collection Manager of Entomology — Phil Sirvid to learn more about spiders, plus get the chance to identify some species of spiders with your class. This is a fantastic opportunity to ask some questions of Te Papas 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?
Phil will also bring along some images of various spiders for identification. This should be a fun question and answers videoconference so make sure you register soon.
To register for this videoconference, email: digitalconversations@cwa.co.nz or telephone: (04) 382 6515 by Monday September 11 2006
