“Arachnophobia – Fear of Spiders” Michelle Swearingen MOD A June 23‚ 2011 Everest Institute San Antonio‚ TX Arachnophobia is an abnormal and persistent fear of spiders. From the Greek word “arachne” meaning "spider" and “phobos” meaning "fear". There are historical and cultural reasons for arachnophobia. In the Dark Ages spiders were commonly considered to be a source of contamination of food and water. They were believed to be the cause of the Bubonic Plague (though in
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Assignment 11: Final Project – Marketing Plan Financial Goals 1. Blue Mountain Spring Water will increase our customer base and expand our distribution by reaching beyond the borders of Pennsylvania. We plan to start selling our product in the state of Florida‚ Georgia and other southern states by the end of this fiscal year. Our revenues over the past five years have provided us with a significant portion of the amount we need to expand our production facility to accomplish this task. As
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Final Paper: Endangered Species Paper The Panamanian Spider Monkey I have always been extremely interested in and moved by the scores of endangered species out there. Whether they are plants or animals‚ I have always been an advocate for the wild life in need. It took hours to pick which specific species I wanted to focus on for this particular project‚ but after much research and a personal connection‚ I chose the Panamanian Spider Monkey. Ever since I was a little girl I have had a special
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The circulator system of spiders * Spiders are arthropods and they have an open circulatory system. * The open circulatory system is a system in which the organs are directly bathed with nutrients and oxygen. The blood flow is not restricted as much as a closed circulatory system. * The spider’s heart is a simple heart‚ a tube surrounded by muscle with a one-way valve at each end. * It is located in the abdomen a short distance within the middle line of the dorsal body-wall‚ and
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fatalities from spider bites have not occurred in over 30 years‚ a bite from spiders like the Funnel Web can still put you in the hospital. There are a number of natural ways that you can deter spiders from seeking shelter in your shed this winter‚ and these are just two of them. Peppermint Oil Peppermint oil is often touted online as being one natural way you can keep spiders out of your garage‚ but have you ever wondered why? The answer is because the tips of a spider’s legs are how the spider tastes
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The spider I’m doing my report on is called the Golden Orb spider‚ better known as the banana spider. 0The golden orb spiders are found in dry open places in forests‚ woodlands‚ coastal sand dunes‚ shrubland‚ and mangrove habitats. Some of the golden orb spiders live nearby bushes and flowers. All orb weaving spiders make suspended‚ sticky‚ wheel-shaped orb webs. The webs are placed in the openings between trees and shrubs where insects mostly fly. There are species of banana spider in Africa (including
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A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman is a poem written in free verse. It has two stanzas with five lines. The poem’s theme is showing how someone or Whitman‚ he could be referring to himself‚ tries to find their way in a huge and unending world. People will throw their threads looking for somewhere to anchor down and live‚ just like the spider in the poem. The promontory and the area around it and the spider symbolize just how big the world is around us. It can be difficult for us to settle
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Adult black widow spiders have a shiny‚ black‚ rounded‚ circular abdomen and are about 1/3 inch long (about 1-1/2 inches when their legs are spread). Adult spiders have two reddish or yellowish triangles on their bottom which looks like an hourglass marking‚ and their body color is dark colored usually black or sometimes dark brown. They are usually recognized because of their red or red-orange hourglass design on the bottom of their abdomen. This pattern is changeable and may look
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GREENHOUSE STRAWBERRY PLANT Mites belong to the Chelicerata‚ a branch of arthropods and the second largest group of terrestrial animals. Within the order Acari‚ spider mites belong to the Acariformes with fossils dating from the Lower Devonian period 410 million years ago (Edgecombe‚ G. D.‚ 2010). The two-spotted spider mite‚ Tetranychus urticae‚ is a web-spinning mite. The name refers to their ability to produce silk-like webbing used to create a colonial micro-habitat‚ protect against
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starfish for spiders: The breakdown of a starfish compared to a spider is extremely clever. Explaining the anatomy of a starfish and how cutting one arm off only makes the starfish regenerate into two entities was brilliant. You could visual an organization becoming larger and stronger by how a starfish survives. In turn‚ the visualization of the anatomy of a spider was great too. If you cut off an arm (or one department in an organization) you weaken the spider or beheading the spider (CEO)‚ you cripple
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