MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What are baby spiders called?

Nest full of new born spiders in a web in Madagascar

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What are baby spiders called?

I don’t know about you but I always think of spiders full grown or in eggs. Never as babies. But obviously they have to grow up into adult spiders. So what does one call a baby spider?

The official name for spiders that have yet to reach maturity yet is “spinderlings”. How adorable! Maybe that will help cure your fear of spiders, a cute name.

Another crazy fact is that they are born in groups of thousands. Which I don’t want to be anywhere near when that happens. No matter how cute their name is.

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