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No. By definition, all Spiders have eight legs. Insects have a varying number of legs (think of a centipede and millipede), but always an even number.

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You taught your first graders that spiders are insects - are they really?

No. Spiders are arachnids, with two body parts and eight legs. Insects have three body parts, and six legs.


What is the difference between insects and spiders?

Insects have six legs, three body parts, and antennae, while spiders have eight legs, two body parts, and no antennae.


Are spiders insects as well?

No they don't. A spider has 2 body parts but an insect has 3 =)


Is spider an insect?

No, insects typically have six legs and spiders have eight legs. And an insect had 3 body parts but spider has 2 body parts. so they are arachnids.


Spider an insect?

No. The spider is not an insect, because it does not have six legs, three body parts and antennae.


Select the incorrect choice of characteristics A. Spiders have a cephalothorax and abdomen insects have a head a thorax and an abdomen. B. Spiders do not have wings many insects do have wings.?

A. Spiders have a cephalothorax and abdomen insects have a head a thorax and an abdomen.


What are 6 differences between spiders and insects?

For one, spiders are arachnids. They have 8 legs and sometimes fangs or multiple eyes. Insects (not arachnids) sometimes have wings and less legs than spiders. See the legs, first - spiders have eight, insects have six. Insects have antennae and spiders do not. Let us now consider the number of body parts - insects have three and spiders have two. In addition, if the animal is hanging by a thread, it is a spider. Spiders make silk insects do not.


Why are spider not consider insects?

Because spiders have 8 legs and because spiders have 2 main body parts.


Do spiders and insects have the same body parts?

No they might be bugs but they seriously arent the same.


The easiest way to tell whether an arthropod is an insect or a spider is to?

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Why are slugs and spiders not insects?

All insects are animals. However, a spider is not an insect. Spiders are in a class called Arachnids. All insects have a pair of antennae, 6 legs, and 3 main body parts (tagmata): the head, thorax, and abdomen. Spiders have no antennae, 8 legs, and 2 tagmata: the cephalothorax and the abdomen.


What gruop of animals the spiders belong to?

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