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Arachnids

Arachnid

(Science: biology) An organism of the class arachnida in the kingdom Animalia. For example: a spider.


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Please identify spider. Pics added

You didn’t give your location? at a glance to me it looks like a White tailed spider? arachnids are not really my field of interest, hopefully you kept and preserved it or have better pics of it then Google White tailed spider. The White tailed spider is a nasty bit ...

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by vk4vfx
Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:45 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Please identify spider. Pics added
Replies: 3
Views: 1646

Re: Spider in a Cobcave

We used a Sony camera. Wow, you did like the photo; thank you :) Based on the links that Darby posted about the related arachnids to the spider that we spotted, the spiders have structural relationship with one another, most specially the first one.

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by mcar
Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:31 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Spider in a Cobcave
Replies: 6
Views: 2315

Hi, i am new and intrested in Zoology all ideas appreciated

... ticks. Arachnology: is the scientific study of spiders and related organisms such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, collectively called arachnids. Cetology: is the branch of marine mammal science that studies the approximately eighty species of whales, dolphins, and porpoise in the scientific ...

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by dipjyoti
Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:07 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Hi, i am new and intrested in Zoology all ideas appreciated
Replies: 11
Views: 2539

Structural features of Insects vs Spiders?

Arachnids: - they have prosoma (cephalothorax; 7 segments) and opistosoma (abdomen 12 segments in spiders) - they have only simple eyes - they have chelicerae and pedipalpi - they never have wings - they usually breathe book ...

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by SU_reptile
Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:48 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Structural features of Insects vs Spiders?
Replies: 2
Views: 3399

Insects

... insects are not found everywhere - they're virtually nonexistent in marine environments. 2. What organisms are frequently confused with insects? Arachnids will work, but I wouldn't be surprised if "spiders" is the desired answer. Yeah, I know, but it depends upon the sophistication ...

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by Darby
Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:08 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Insects
Replies: 17
Views: 2601
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