The anatomy of spiders includes many characteristics shared with other arachnids. These characteristics include bodies divided into two tagmata, eight jointed legs, no wings or antennae, the presence
The ventral side of a brown widow spider. The epigastric plates and furrow are visible, as well as the hourglass marking on the underside of the abdomen, which is a characteristic feature of widow spiders.
Multiple eyes of a jumping spider
Platycryptus Undatus Female
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank sev
Spider anatomy
…The anatomy of spiders includes many characteristics shared with other arachnids. These characteristics include bodies divided into two tagmata (sections or segments), eight…
Palystes castaneus female, dorsal aspect pedipalp trichobothria carapace of prosoma (cephalothorax) opisthosoma (abdomen) eyes AL (anterior lateral) AM (anterior median) PL (posterior lateral) PM (posterior median) Leg segments: coxa trochanter femur patella tibia metatarsus tarsus claw chelicera
Palystes castaneus female, ventral aspect. Nos 1 to 14 as for dorsal aspect. sternum of prosoma pedicel (also called pedicle) book lung sac book lung stigma epigastric fold epigyne anterior spinneret posterior spinneret Legs are labelled I, II, III, IV from anterior to posterior.
A syrphid fly captured in the web of a spider