Arachnids – Everything You Want to Know (and a Few Things You Don’t…)

Spiders, scorpions, vinegaroons, mites, ticks, and other arachnids are amazing, creepy crawlies that live almost everywhere (including right on your face). But how many kinds are there? How are they related? And where are they found? You’re about to find out.

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“Cicada molting animated” by T. Nathan Mundhenk under CC BY 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cicada_molting_animated-2.gif

“Arachnida, Schizomida, Hubbardia briggsi, adult female” by Marshal Hedin under CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arachnida,_Schizomida,_Hubbardia_briggsi,_adult_female_(8627013240).jpg

“Hubbardia pentapeltis female” by Marshal Hedin under CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubbardia_pentapeltis_female.jpg

“Hubbardia pentapeltis male” by Marshal Hedin under CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubbardia_pentapeltis_male_1.jpg

“Hubbardia pentapeltis 1” by Marshal Hedin under CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubbardia_pentapeltis_1.jpg

“Hubbardia pentapeltis” by Marshal Hedin under CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubbardia_pentapeltis.jpg

“Sea spider (Pantopoda or Pycnogonida)” by Denise King under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_spider_(Pantopoda_or_pycnogonids).webm

“Green tent spider” by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos under GFDL v1.2 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_tent_spider.jpg

“Solifugae Solpugidae” by JonRichfield under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012_12_24_0163_Solifugae_Solpugidae_-_Jerrymunglum_female_Dorsolateral_aspect.JPG

“Harvestmen (Opiliones sp.)” by Pristurus under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:We-2012-09-09.ogv

“Harvestmen (Opiliones)” by https://www.flickr.com/photos/ivantortuga/2577179244/ under CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harvestmen.jpg

“Trombidium holosericeum” by André Karwath under CC BY 2.5 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trombidium_holosericeum_(white_background).jpg

“Ear mite (Otodectes cyanotis)” by Joel Mills under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ear_mite_1.JPG

“Ixodes hexagonus” by André Karwath under CC BY 2.5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ixodes_hexagonus_(aka).jpg

“Tick lodged in human host” by Denys Williams under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tick_lodged_in_human_host.jpg

“Tick, a species of Ixodidae” by John Tann under CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tick_(6885764543).jpg

“Live Eukoenenia spelaea in its cave habitat” by Jaroslav Smrž, Ľubomír Kováč, Jaromír Mikeš, Alena Lukešová under CC BY 2.5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Live_Eukoenenia_spelaea_in_its_cave_habitat.png

“Cryptocellus goodnighti” by M. Hedin under CC BY 2.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cryptocellus_goodnighti.jpg

“Male Ricinoides karschii” by Rosa Fernández, Gonzalo Giribet, P. Naskrecki under CC BY 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ricinulei_from_Fernandez_%26_Giribet,_male_Ricinoides_karschii_from_Campo_Reserve,_Cameroon_(2015)_(cropped).jpg

“Nymph of Ricinoides atewa” by Rosa Fernández, Gonzalo Giribet, P. Naskrecki under CC BY 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ricinulei_from_Fernandez_%26_Giribet,_nymph_of_Ricinoides_atewa_(2015)_(cropped).jpg

“Argiope bruennichi” by Angelus under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Argiope_bruennichi_(white_background).png

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