Arachnids

Other articles where ricinuleid is discussed: arachnid: Annotated classification: Order Ricinulei (ricinuleids) 30 primarily tropical species. Size 8–10 mm; abdomen of 9 segments, last 3 forming taillike pygidium; 6-legged larval form. Subclass Acari, Acarina, or Acarida (mites and ticks)

Paraphidippus fartilis is a species of arachnid in the family of jumping spiders. (Source: Wikipedia, 'Paraphidippus fartilis', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphidippus_fartilis, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Ieshua Martínez Nápoles, all rights reserved, uploaded by Ieshua Martínez Nápoles)

An arachnid not an insect but...Orb weaver

Dr David Penney (UK) and Dr Jason Dunlop (Germany) When it comes to fossils, arachnids are not a group that obviously springs to mind. However, with more than 100,000 described living species, Arachnida form the second most diverse group of primarily land-living organisms after the insects. And they probably made up a significant proportion of…

Widow family

my spidey senses tell me that this is a spider....

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