Like insects, spiders are arthropods but they belong to the class Arachnida whereas insects belong to the class Insecta. Therefore we have created a separate gallery for them. How do they differ from insects?

• SPIDERS: Two main body parts; eight legs; simple eyes; piercing jaws and silk spinning organs

• INSECTS: Three main body parts; six legs; compound eyes; antennae and chewing jaws
  
  

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Crab Spider Misumenops sp.	Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia	Basilica Spider Mecynogea lemniscata	Arrow-shaped Micrathena Micrathena sagittata	Orb Weaver Acacesia hamata
Marbled Orb Weaver Araneus marmoreus	Marbled Orb Weaver Araneus marmoreus	Marbled Orb Weaver  Araneus marmoreus	Black and Yellow Argiope Argiope aurantia	Black and Yellow Argiope Argiope aurantia
Argiope egg case	Six-spotted Fishing Spider Dolomedes triton	Wolf Spider Micrathena sagittata	Spider Web