Post 7: This Week in Science (Ecosystems)

Me and Gia in froint of our spider habitat.

                          

                       In the last 2 weeks of science, I have been working on my spider habitat. At first, we made drawings of how we wanted our spider habitat to be. A few days later, we went on a trip to a garden near the school.While we were there, my group members and I gathered up many things to put in our tank. When one of my group members, Arlene, put a snail, in the tank, I discovered that somehow, we had a garden spider. We were surprised and excited. After we were done, we walked back to the school and my teacher David, bought everyone hot chocolate. It was very good.
                         While constructing my spider habitat, I learned a few things. From observation, I learned that our spider, the Garden Spider, or the Argiope Aurantia, hardly builds any spider webs. Though when it does, its seems to be very thin, so you can't really see it. The only way you can tell where its web is is when you see it crawling to the top of the tank. Also, since I researched the Snail, I got some details on this little creature too. I learned that the Snails scientific name is Helix Aspersa. They eat decaying vegetation, fungi, linchen, and even cardboard. They are most likely found near sandy beaches, in soil, in plants, and even lakes and ponds.
                           Still, so far, I'm still unsure about a few things. I want to know why our slug died. I also want to know why the centipedes and worms we collected aren't crawling out around on the soil and moss. And I don't know if our spider will live any longer because we didn't put any insects in the tank for it to eat, though there are some flies appearing. I stil don't think it will be enought, so I'm a bit worried.

Our Lil' Spider Habitat!