do spiders drink water?

Yes, spiders drink water. In the wild, most people will drink from any available source such as drops of grass or soil, and tomorrow morning or evening the dew has covered the web. For those detained in captivity, it is a good idea to provide a fresh water source such as a small bottle of water or a wet sponge of small varieties, or a small meal of large varieties such as a tarantula.

In fact, the need for spiders to quench their thirst seems to have given way to myth. When the spider is in the building, a good source of water droplets are left in the taps and baths around the plugholes and sink. Needless to say, spiders are often stuck in a sink or bathtub because the sides are slippery or too steep to climb. Like all other animals, spiders need to drink water regularly. Different species use different methods to quench their thirst. For example, the whistling spider, which is found in the desert, encloses a 1-meter-long hole in the ground to keep it moist. Dew or raindrops are occasionally caught using a low mound, covered with silk near the door. Many other species, such as the wolf spider, prefer the simplest method of drinking dew in the morning. Some spiders even suck nectar.

“Species like the wolf spider prefer a simple dewdrop yesterday morning” Many spiders, like the common spider in the garden, will swallow their web in the morning. In doing so, they consume thick water like dewdrops on the web. Some spiders, such as the whip spider, can use their anchors to extract water from their beaks.

"A typical horizontal spider eats its web in the morning, eats up to a minimum"

A black widow or a red-backed widow does not drink water at all. They get all the fluid they need from the juice that is absorbed in their stomach. Tarantulas, on the other hand, like to drink drops of water collected from the leaves near the leaves.

There are other creatures, including mammals, which do not drink. The word koala is derived from the indigenous name "no drink". Koalas get the fluid they need from eating plant leaves such as the smooth eucalyptus.

The last few winters I watched a spider just outside my kitchen window as a small ice sheet fell on its web. Usually a spider does not do anything on its web unless it is having a hard time, so I was surprised to see a spider run on the ice. By the time it arrived, the ice had melted into a drop of water and the spider gave it all the appearance of a drink. The spider's head was at the drop, and the drop dropped to nothing.

Australian naturalist Densey Cline once reported on the amazing spider's ability to drink water.

He awoke to find the shriveled body of a dead spider lying on his bedside table, and in his water glass was an astonishing long, silent caterpillar. He speculated that the adult insect needed water to complete its life cycle and had pushed the infected spider into a nearby water source by causing severe thirst.

yup, spiders drink water. In the wild, most people drink from any available source such as drops of grass or soil, and from early morning or evening dew are thick on their web.

* It is a good idea to provide a fresh water source such as a small bottle of water or a wet sponge for small species, or a small meal for a larger species such as a tarantula for spiders kept as pets.