Spiders don't excrete anything and have exoskeletons which get shed, as do locusts. Are they the same in that they don't pooh either?
2007-01-08 12:24:37 · 8 answers · asked by Kate B 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Actually spiders DO defecate! Not a large amount as they have very efficent digestive systems and use most of what they eat.
Locusts defecate too.
2007-01-11 02:21:31 · answer #1 · answered by huggz 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
All living things will excrete waste in some form. They take in food in whatever form, use what they can, and excrete the leftovers in another form.
The dictionary defines defecation as excreting waste from the bowels, which insects and arachnids do have. (Plants and single celled organisms excrete waste, but do not have bowels.)
So... YES, locusts, and spiders too, do defecate.
2007-01-08 12:52:01 · answer #2 · answered by greeniebabies 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do. Usually olive green ovoid in shape.
Before any 'wit' comments - see below.
These were NOT kept for any other reason but to show the diversity of life, no vivisection.
2007-01-08 23:09:47 · answer #3 · answered by Daedalus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do and so do spiders its just not visible typically (like a gas form)
2007-01-08 12:33:59 · answer #4 · answered by cateyes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who told you spiders do n't poo? Spiders do ! So do locusts as do ALL animals.
2007-01-08 23:01:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only during the mating season.
2007-01-09 01:53:32 · answer #6 · answered by tonyflair2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absurd.
Spiders *definitely* defecate. So do locusts.
Consult any entomology text.
2007-01-08 12:29:04 · answer #7 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i never! .... thought of it!
2007-01-08 12:36:05 · answer #8 · answered by antagonist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋