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Water striders are classified as arthropods because of characteristics shared in common with other arthropods. It's important to remember the arthropod phylum (Arthropoda) is a very broad categorization of living things, characterized by jointed limbs, segmented bodies, and a hard exoskeleton. It includes all the insects. Water striders are considered "true bugs" or Hemiptera, along with aphids, shield bugs and leaf-hoppers; their order is classified below Insecta (the insect class).
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Does the termites belong to the group of arthropods?
Yes, termites are insects (class Insecta) classified under Arthropoda (the arthropods).
What are some animals that are classifieds as arthropods?
Animals classified as arthropods would include the scorpion, the woodlouse, the coconut crab, the mosquito, the water-flea, krill, the botfly, the giant weta, and the Japanese spider-crab.
Why arent arthropods classified as producers?
In biological circles, the producers or autotrophs are plants and green algae, which capture energy from sunlight to produce their own food, or in other words capture carbon or carbon compounds into the food chain. By contrast, arthropods eat other organisms and are thus classified as heterotrophs, or consumers.
What two characteristics make a crayfish and arthropod?
Crayfish are classified as arthropods, because of their characteristic segmented bodies, chitinous exoskeleton, and joint appendages.
Is a bee a arthropod or mollusc?
Bumblebees are insects, and all insects are arthropods.
What kingdom are arthropods classified in?
Arthropods are classified in the animal kingdom (Animalia, or Metazoa).
How the water striders stay dry on water?
Water striders have tiny hairs on their feet that enables them to walk on the surface tension of water without getting wet.
What are the insects that use their skin to walk across thd surface of the stream?
Insects that are able to walk across the surface of water are called water striders. Water striders make use of the high surface tension of water together with their long, hydrophobic legs to stay above water.
What attraction is important to water striders?
Surface tension is important to water striders because surface tension gives them the ability to float and not sink and drown.
How are arthropods classified?
Arthropods are classified into five subphyla: Trilobitomorpha, Chelicerata, Myriapoda, Crustacea, and Hexapoda. Each subphylum represents a distinct group of arthropods with unique characteristics and features, such as the presence of jointed legs and exoskeletons.
Do frogs eat water striders?
Yes, frogs do eat water striders. Water striders are small insects that live on the surface of water, and frogs may prey on them as part of their diet. This can help control the population of water striders in certain habitats.
Are lobsters spiders?
No, though both are classified as Arthropods.
What are the bugs called that glide across the water?
they are called water striders
Do water striders sleep?
yes all the time
Does the termites belong to the group of arthropods?
Yes, termites are insects (class Insecta) classified under Arthropoda (the arthropods).
Is there any way to walk on water?
Yes. Water Striders do it all the time.
Do arthropods have jointed appnedages?
Yes, phylum arthropoda (the arthropods) are defined and classified by virtue of this very characteristic, their jointed appendages.
