Arachnids - Class Arachnida
Arachnids (Arachnida) are a group of arthropods that includes over 40,000 species of spiders, 30,000 species of ticks and mites, and an assortment of other eight-legged creatures such as daddy-long-legs, pseudoscorpions, scorpions, and whip scorpions.
African Spider Preys on Blood-Fed Mosquitos
Scientists have revealed that an East African species of jumping spider (Evarcha culicivora) preferentially preys on mosquitos that have recently fed on vertebrate blood.
Scientists have revealed that an East African species of jumping spider (Evarcha culicivora) preferentially preys on mosquitos that have recently fed on vertebrate blood.
The Amazing Jumping Spider
Can you imagine what it's like to have eight eyes and the ability to jump fifty times your height in distance? If so, then you might have an idea of what it's like to be a jumping spider.
Can you imagine what it's like to have eight eyes and the ability to jump fifty times your height in distance? If so, then you might have an idea of what it's like to be a jumping spider.
The Tangled Web of Spider Classification
Spider classification is a complicated business. Since 1900, taxonomists have reshuffled the spider order (Order Aranea) nearly 20 times. Today, there are approximately 34,000 recognized spider species which are sorted into 100 families.
Spider classification is a complicated business. Since 1900, taxonomists have reshuffled the spider order (Order Aranea) nearly 20 times. Today, there are approximately 34,000 recognized spider species which are sorted into 100 families.