During the summer, you may find spiders living on the leaves and the floor of the forest. Unlike insects, spiders have eight legs. Spiders are predators that eat insects. Many spider species prey on flying insects by weaving webs. 


Many spider species weave webs.

Like spriders, mites belong to the group of eight-legged arachnids. They are small organisms, some of which are invisible to the human eye.

The tick is a well-known blood-sucking mite. It feeds on warm-blooded mammals, such as humans.

The tick attaches itself into the skin of its prey by using its strong jaws, and begins sucking the prey's blood. The tick uses the blood as their food. When a tick has sucked itself full of blood, its belly takes on a ball-like shape.

A tickbite should be avoided, because some ticks spread diseases, such as borreliosis. This is why you should always check your skin and clothes for fleas after coming home from a hike in the forest.