
The European garden spider
(araneus diadematus).
(araneus diadematus).

The European garden spider is a well known orb-weaver.

Unlike insects, spiders don't have compound eyes with separate facets.

Spiders have eight eyes, four in the middle of the head (cephalothorax) and two on each side.

The silk from its spinnerets is as strong as nylon and composed from a protein.

Each of the eight legs of a spider consists of seven distinct parts.