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Spider Habitat Matching Game

Read the spider clues, then match each spider to the habitat where it is most likely to find food and shelter. Spiders are living animals: observe them without touching them.

Meet the spiders

Use these clues to solve the matching game. 1. Katipō: A rare native spider that lives near some New Zealand beaches. It shelters among dune plants and driftwood. 2. Garden orb-web spider: It spins a round web between plants or shrubs to catch flying insects. 3. Nursery web spider: It is often found on tall plants or shrubs, where it can hunt insects and make a protective nursery web for its young. 4. Wolf spider: It hunts on the ground rather than catching prey in a web. It can shelter beneath stones, logs or fallen leaves. 5. White-tailed spider: It is often found hiding in dark, sheltered places such as beneath loose bark, stones or stored wood.

1.Write the habitat letter beside each spider. Use each letter once. Habitats: A. Coastal dunes among dune plants or driftwood; B. Garden plants and shrubs; C. Tall plants or shrubs; D. Under stones, logs or leaf litter; E. Dark sheltered places beneath bark or stored wood.

Katipō
Garden orb-web spider
Nursery web spider
Wolf spider
White-tailed spider

2.Which spider hunts on the ground instead of catching prey in a web?

Katipō
Garden orb-web spider
Wolf spider
Nursery web spider

3.Where would a garden orb-web spider be most likely to build its web?

Across plants in a garden
At the bottom of a pond
On bare beach sand with no plants
Inside a bird’s nest

4.The katipō is a native New Zealand spider that can shelter among dune plants and driftwood.

TrueFalse

5.A wolf spider may shelter beneath a log, a stone or a layer of .

6.A spider needs food and a safe place to shelter. Explain how a garden with plants could help a garden orb-web spider meet both needs.

7.How is a wolf spider’s way of finding food different from a garden orb-web spider’s way?

8.You spot a spider hiding beneath loose bark on a piece of stored wood. Which spider from the clues is a likely match? Give one clue that supports your answer.

9.You find a spider in a sheltered outdoor spot. Write one safe and respectful way to observe it.