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Unlike vertebrates such as ourselves, insects do not have lungs with which to draw in air; instead they have organs called spiracles, which passively admit air into their bodies. Because insects are small, compared to vertebrates, they have a higher ratio of surface area to volume, and are therefore easier to oxygenate.

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What gas do spiders breathe?

Spiders breathe in oxygen like humans do. They have small breathing holes called spiracles located on the underside of their abdomen that allow them to take in oxygen from the air.


What color is a spider's blood?

Spiders have colorless blood. It is called hemolymph and transports nutrients, hormones, oxygen and cells. Spiders don't have blood, they have hemolymph. it is copper based not iron based. both of their main functions is to carry oxygen for respiration. copper rusts green, iron red.


What structures do spiders grasshoppers and crayfish have for exchanging gases?

Spiders have book lungs, grasshoppers have tracheal tubes, and crayfish have gills for exchanging gases. These structures allow them to absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide from their bodies.


What is the Color of spider blood?

Spider blood is usually blue due to the presence of the copper-based molecule hemocyanin, which helps transport oxygen throughout their bodies. Hemocyanin turns blue when it binds with oxygen, giving spider blood its distinctive color.


Spiders have transparent blood?

Spiders have blue blood. In human blood oxygen is bound to hemoglobin which contains iron, giving it the blood a red color. In spiders, as well as other Arthropods and Molluscs, oxygen is bound to hemocyanin which contains copper, giving its blood a blue color. The same interaction that causes oxygenated blood to color, also causes iron rust to appear reddish and the oxidized copper to appear green. However, I have noticed no color in spider blood before.

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Can spiders suffocate?

Spiders are air-breathing, and will be suffocated if they are deprived of oxygen.


Can spiders suffocate if they are unable to access oxygen?

Yes, spiders can suffocate if they are unable to access oxygen, as they require oxygen for respiration just like other animals.


What gas do spiders breathe?

Spiders breathe in oxygen like humans do. They have small breathing holes called spiracles located on the underside of their abdomen that allow them to take in oxygen from the air.


What organism uses book lungs to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide?

Spiders


Do snails need oxygen to survive?

Every living creature needs oxygen to survive. Just as every living creature needs water to survive. For example, such as spiders. Yup, spiders do to need oxygen AND water to survive, and of course food. So the answer to your question would be yes, snails do need oxygen to survive.


Do black widow spiders have spiracles?

Yes, that's how they get oxygen into their system. Some spiders also have a pair of book lungs. Black widows are included among them.


Can spiders suffocate in a jar if they are kept in there for an extended period of time?

Yes, spiders can suffocate in a jar if they are kept in there for an extended period of time due to lack of oxygen.


What color blood do spiders have?

Spiders have circulatory systems just as humans do. However, their blood is colorless blood and is called hemolymph. It transports nutrients, hormones, oxygen and cells.


Do spiders produce hormones?

Yes, spiders do produce hormones. The spider's hormones circulate through their eight legged body in their blood, along with nutrients, oxygen, and cells.


What color is a spider's blood?

Spiders have colorless blood. It is called hemolymph and transports nutrients, hormones, oxygen and cells. Spiders don't have blood, they have hemolymph. it is copper based not iron based. both of their main functions is to carry oxygen for respiration. copper rusts green, iron red.


What structures do spiders grasshoppers and crayfish have for exchanging gases?

Spiders have book lungs, grasshoppers have tracheal tubes, and crayfish have gills for exchanging gases. These structures allow them to absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide from their bodies.


What is the Color of spider blood?

Spider blood is usually blue due to the presence of the copper-based molecule hemocyanin, which helps transport oxygen throughout their bodies. Hemocyanin turns blue when it binds with oxygen, giving spider blood its distinctive color.