The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

MYGALE

Mygale is a genus of spiders of the family Mygalidae. They are furnished with four pulmonary sacs and spiracles, four spinnerets, eight eyes, and hairy legs. Popularly known as 'bird-eating spiders' the Mygale spiders grow to about 18 cm across but never actually eat birds, prefering instead insects.
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