Spiders

Spiders

Any arachnid of the order Araneae, having a body divided into a cephalothorax with eight legs, two poison fangs, and two feelers as well as an unsegmented abdomen with several spinnerets that produce the silk used to make nests, cocoons, or webs for trapping insects.

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opisthoma

Animals; Spiders

The posterior region of an arachnid, contains most of the internal organs.

insects

Animals; Spiders

Member of the class Insecta in the phylum Arthropoda. Members have three body regions and three pairs of legs.

arachnids

Animals; Spiders

Member of the class Arachnida in the phylum Arthropoda. Members have no antennae, a body divided into two regions, of which the first has four pairs of legs. Includes spiders, scorpions, ticks and ...

invertebrate

Animals; Spiders

Animal that does not have an internal backbone.

arthropods

Animals; Spiders

Invertebrates with segmented bodies and jointed appendages, members of the phylum Arthropoda including spiders, insects, and crustaceans.

psuedoscorpion

Animals; Spiders

A new species of arachnid discovered in Yosemite National Park on September 30th, 2010, the pseudoscorpion is completely blind and, instead of a stinger at the end of its tail, has poisonous, ...

Brazilian Wandering Spider

Animals; Spiders

The Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria) or banana spider appears in the Guinness Book of World Records 2007 for the most venomous spider and is the spider responsible for most human deaths.