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How many legs does a lobster have?
It has 8 "walking legs" and the 2 large claws for a total of 10 appendages. This gives rise to the term decapod (ten feet) used for these crustaceans, including crabs and lobsters.The front two legs of a lobster are its claws. They are still "legs" but considered non-walking legs because they're used for offense (capturing and crushing prey) and for defense. So their are technically 5 pair of legs.
Are spiders and scorpions considered Insects?
Spiders and scorpions have hard external bodies like insects but they are not insects. They are both arachnids and are related to insects. Scorpions and spiders have four sets of legs and insects have only three sets of legs.
How do you draw a sloth?
Try a circle with four sets of claws encircling it.
How many legs and wings are on the thorax of an insect?
Two sets fo wings (four total) and three sets of legs (six total). The prothorax carries legs, metathorax legs and wings, and meosthorax legs and wings. Not all adult insects have two sets of wings, but they all have six legs. Other arthropods have different parts all toghether.
How many legs has a caterpillar?
on each side and then 5 "fake" legs behind them called prolegs
How do you tell the difference between a female and a male hermit crab?
they have different body parts the male has more legs than the female the male has 5 sets of legs
Do zoo plankton have legs?
Zooplankton, include krill and jellyfish, do in fact have legs. Most zooplankton have two sets of four legs for a total of eight legs.
Is a grasshoper an insect?
Grasshoppers are insects. A bug is a type of insect, characterized by a straw-shaped mouth and two sets of wings (one set is thinner and generally kept under the first set, unlike the two sets of wings a dragon-fly has).Grasshoppers, along with katydids and crickets, are in the Order Orthoptera of the Class Insecta. Bugs constitute a completely different order of Class Insecta called Order Hemiptera (modern taxonomy splits Hemiptera into Hemiptera and Homoptera). Bugs include stink bugs, assassin bugs, tree hoppers, leaf hoppers, bed bugs and aphids.Thus grasshoppers are not bugs, they are in a different order of insects.
How are the front legs different from the hind legs?
The fore limbs are at the front of the frog and the hind limbs are at the back.
What is the combination of two sets?
The combination of two sets is the Union of the sets and contains all the elements of both sets.
How are the third pair of legs adapted for jumping in a grasshopper?
A grasshopper's two sets of front legs are much smaller than their set of long, strong back legs. The front legs are used to hold food, while the back legs aid the grasshopper in jumping. All three sets of legs are used for walking.
What class has 3 body parts and 3 sets of legs?
An insect. E.g. An ant - has three main body sections (head, thorax, abdomen); and 3 pairs of legs (for a total of 6 legs).
