Spiders arachnids 2. However some species are short legged. Spiders are arthropods that have eight legsthey have more legs and different body parts than insects and they also dont move around in the same way insects do. This is a spider heavy article. Spiders order araneae are air breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs able to inject venomthey are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms.
Fear of spiders ranks as one of our greatest phobias along with fears of snakes heights and public speaking. As in all arachnida the body in the opiliones has two tagmata the anterior cephalothorax or prosoma and the posterior 10 segmented abdomen or opisthosomathe most easily discernible difference between harvestmen and spiders is that in harvestmen the connection. Its been suggested that because some spider bites may have resulted in negative consequences for our prehistoric. The first obstacle is actually finding a female spider.
Spiders belong to the the scientific class arachnida which also includes scorpions mites and ticks and daddy long legsthese are known as arachnids and they all have 8 legs 2 body parts cephalothorax and abdomen and no antennae. The opiliones are known for having exceptionally long legs relative to their body size. Most spider species are completely solitary animals meaning they live and. It can be said that no other bug generates as much fear as the spider.
Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except for antarctica and have become established in nearly every habitat with the exceptions of air and sea. What is a spider. Granted the sun is much bigger but it is also much further away and as i learned in high school physics the gravitational force is proportional to the square of the distance. Of course most of the negative publicity spiders receive is undeserved.
The male spiders primary objective in life is to impregnate one or more female spiders before other males can. As it turns out this is no easy task in most species.