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garden spider diversity of Acari arachnid diversity tailless whip scorpion ricinuleid palpigrade daddy longlegs schizomid
Do we really swallow spiders in our sleep?
Black widow spider
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garden spider
arachnid summary
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
Green tree python snake (Chondropython viridis) in a rainforest.
Creepy Crawlers Quiz
vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
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Wasp spider. Argiope bruennichi. Orb-weaver spider. Spiders. Arachnid. Cobweb. Spider web. Spider's web. Spider silk. Black and yellow striped wasp spider spinning a web.
Do We Really Swallow Spiders in Our Sleep?
Praying mantis (sphodromantis gastrica)
Why Do Some Animals Eat Their Mates After Sex?
Female meadow adder snake (Vipera ursinii) Also called meadow viper or Ursini's viper. Reptile venomous poisonous tongue
What’s the Difference Between Venomous and Poisonous?
Black widow spider
9 of the World’s Deadliest Spiders
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6 Animals That Eat Their Mates
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Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
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Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)
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Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.
Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours
Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)
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illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
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Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"
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Do we really swallow spiders in our sleep?
This myth is based on a web of lies.
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Crazy in love: Why some animals eat their mates
Love can be a dangerous game.
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garden spider
Garden spider (Araneus diadematus).
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diversity of Acari
Representative members of subclass Acari (mites and ticks).
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arachnid diversity
Diversity of arachnids.
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tailless whip scorpion
Damon diadema, a species of tailless whip scorpion, in a cave near the Loboc...
Thomas Brown
ricinuleid
A ricinuleid (order Ricinulei).
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palpigrade
A palpigrade (order Palpigradi).
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daddy longlegs
Daddy longlegs, or harvestman (order Opiliones).
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schizomid
A schizomid (order Schizomida).
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Black widow spider
Illustration of a female southern black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Patrick O'Neill Riley
Australian funnel-web spider
The venomous Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) striking. If left...
© Fritz Prnzel/Bruce Coleman Inc.
Life cycle of the tick Ixodes scapularis
The hard tick Ixodes scapularis is a carrier of the bacterium that causes...
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dorsal and ventral views of a scorpion
The dorsal and ventral views of a scorpion.
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external organization of a spider
External organization of a spider.
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pseudoscorpion; false scorpion
Anatomy of a pseudoscorpion (or false scorpion).
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Spider anatomy
The internal organization of a spider.
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book lung
Diagrammatic section through a book lung.
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arachnids
Most arachnids have four pairs of legs as well as other appendages for capturing...
© Artush—iStock/Getty Images
Tree of life illustrating the three-domain classification of life-forms
The tree of life according to the three-domain system of biological classification.
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garden spider
Garden spider (Araneus diadematus).
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