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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Spiders

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 ...