ARACHNIDS

Spiders aren’t insect

They belong to a group called
Arthropods
ARACNIDS

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SPIDERS ACARINA

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ARACHNIDS
LIVE EVERYWHERE

 Arachnids are some of the most

adaptable animals around.
 You can find them all over the world
 There are over than 70,000 different
species
CHARACTERISTICS OF ARACHNIDS'
 Like insects, arachnids have a hard
EXOSKELETON and joined limbs, but unlike
insects, they have 8 legs instead of 6.
 Arachnids have no antennas or wings
 Arachnids bodies are segmented in 2 and insects
are segmented in 3
ARACHNIDS BODY
 An arachnid's abdomen contains its internal organs
 The mouth, eyes, and limbs are attached to the
cephalothoraxes
 Besides the 4 pairs of legs, the cephalotorax has a
pair of pinchers called pedipalps and a big pair of
fangs called chelicerae
 Spiders are the only arachnids with spinnerets,
little glands in their abdomens that make silk.
PEDIPALPS AND CHELICERAE
 The pedipalps are for
grabbing things, but they
also can sense smells and
vibrations
 The fangs often contain
venom to stun or kill prey,
but sometimes they’re
used for digging holes in
the ground
SPIDER’S WEB
 Spiders use their silk to
built webs there are 2
kinds
 Simetrical
 Asimetrical
 The silk of the spinnerets
are used also to trap prey,
form egg sacs, adn to
move around.
•Spiders aren't insects
•Spiders live throughout
the world, You will find
spiders everywhere.
•Arachnids aren't only the
spiders
•Only a 2% of arachnids
are poisonous to humans,
and most of them live in
deserts
•Arachnids help control the
insect population

IN CONCLUSION