Why Do Wolf Spiders Make Burrows? And Other Odd Arachnid Adaptations
Eight-Legged Arachnids 4 All About Venom 6 Blend In or Stand Out 8 Eggs and Babies 12 Growing and Molting 14 Let’s Grab Lunch 16 Astonishing Silk 20 Girls Against Boys 26 Large and in Charge 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 Words in the glossary appear in bold type the first time they are used in the text CONTENTS
Eight-Legged Arachnids Can you imagine trying to walk around on eight legs If you can walk like that you’re probably an arachnid All arachnids have eight legs Unlike insects which have six legs arachnids don’t have wings or antennae Spiders and scorpions are well-known arachnids Most arachnids have a body made up of two main segments or parts Daddy longlegs mites and ticks are arachnids that have just one though so small that you can’t even see them without a microscope They’ve adapted to live all over the world In fact there are many living in your home right now Arachnids can be as big as your hand or NO BONES 4 TICK Spiders and other arachnids don’t have bones Instead they have an exoskeleton that keeps them safe This is called a structural adaptation because it has to do with its body An exoskeleton is a hard outer shell that protects the arachnid but lets it move almost like a suit of armor
Arachnids have pretty strange-looking bodies but they have even odder adaptations Read on to learn more SCORPION DADDY LONGLEGS 5
