ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — There’s an official dog, an official flower and even an official beverage. But students in a first-grade class in North Carolina think a spider should be in the group of special state symbols.

The Asheville Citizen-Times reports (http://avlne.ws/2peiDkk) the students in Patti Evans’ class at Dickson Elementary School have gone so far as to craft a bill which Rep. Susan Fisher has sponsored to make the golden silk spider the top arachnid.

In groups of two, the students studied a dozen of the state’s most common spiders. They made posters and compiled facts about each spider before voting on their favorites.

After taking two votes, the class settled on the golden silk spider. Students say the spider’s bites are not poisonous, adding that they eat mosquitoes and other insects.

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Information from: The Asheville Citizen-Times, http://www.citizen-times.com