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The long-legged sac spider is a well-rested killer. Every day, it makes a silk tent. It lays the silk tent across a leaf. Then it sleeps. When darkness arrives, this spider comes alive! It is very fast. What it chases, it usually kills. Learn more about this athletic arachnid in All About African Long-Legged Sac Spiders.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, John Bankston began writing professionally while still a teenager. Since then, over two hundred of his articles have been published in magazines and newspapers across the country, including travel articles in The Tallahassee Democrat, The Orlando Sentinel and The Tallahassean. He is the author of over 175 books for young adults, including works on Alexander the Great, scientist Stephen Hawking, actor Jodi Foster, and authors including Katherine Paterson, Ray Bradbury and F. Scott Fitzgerald. His young adult trilogy, The Academy, was published in August. He lives in Huntington Beach, California with his rescue dog.
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