The hairy spider

Red-kneed Tarantula, Brachypelma smithi. Photo: R Bolzan © Australian Museum.

Find out how hair helps spiders sense their world, get a grip, protect themselves, and how spiders see.

• Sensing the world with hairs and pits
• Protection, aggression and grip
• How spiders see the world

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