What do spiders do when the weather gets cold?

Question

Do they curl up and die , hibernate or find a crack and crawl into a house?

Answer 1

Most of the die.  A few can find places where it doesn't freeze.

"In many temperate climes the winters are severe, not only is the cold too great for most spiders to be active but their is a great shortage of insect food. Different spiders us different strategies to survive this difficult time. Many simply dig down into the leaf littler and go to sleep, this subterranean hibernation is the most common method of surviving winter. Other species simply die off and leave only their eggs to survive the cold, their lack of cellular development prevents them from damage when they freeze. Once the weather becomes more clement the eggs develop and the young spiders can hatch in the spring when food is again available. There are some exceptions to every rule however and this applies to spiders as well. In the milder temperate climates some species will remain active throughout the winter and can survive temperatures down to about minus 5 or 6. Below this they die, but at zero they are still spinning webs. They live mostly on soil surface invertebrates such as Collembola.

Known Spider Over wintering Strategies As Nymphs only 45%

As Nymphs and Adults 23%

As Adults only 11%

Inside Egg Sac 7%

Winter Active 9%

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Answer 2

They spend way too much money on four pairs of mittens

Answer 3

YUK  keep the spiders....give me snakes and lizards....but keep the spiders....YUKKKKKKKY....I need someone to save me from the spiders!!!!!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP

Answer 4

I think spiders as fun loving as they are, would do as Catnip would do,...find a nice warm crack to snuggle in

Answer 5

All of the above.

It depends on the species and just how cold it gets.  Some spiders will find a place to hide and "hibernate", then start reproduction in the spring or summer. They will get cold and become dormant, since they are cold blooded.  Many will simply die.  Many species are adapted to living entirely indoors and so they feel no effects from winter.