Winter squash is an excellent source of vitamin A, vitamin C, alpha-carotene and beta-carotene. It is also a very good source of thiamin, vitamin B6, potassium, magnesium, and manganese, and a good source of iron.
Spiders are, for the most part, such generalist feeders that they kill many useful insects as well as many pest species, however because pest species are by their nature more numerous than beneficial species they are still effective. They are of great value to the environment.
A spider discovered deep in the jungles of Madagascar spins the largest webs in the world, using silk thatâs tougher than any known biological substance. Named Caerostris darwini, or Darwinâs bark spider, the inch-wide arachnidâs webs can cover 30-square-foot areas, hanging in midair from 80-foot-long anchor lines.