Tuesday 7 October 2014

What are arachnids?

What are arachnids?


This is the group of invertebrates (animals without backbones) that includes spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, mites, and ticks. There are about 65,000 species of arachnid, half of which are spiders.

                            


 Record Breaker


A spider web in Lake Tawakoni State Park in Texas, USA, covered 180 sq m (1,940 sq ft) of trees and bushes. What was once a white web web soon turned dark when hundreds of mosquitoes got caught in it.

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