What makes a arachnid a arachnid?

Answer 1

well arachnids all have eight legs and can't have wings

Answer 2

There's no such thing as an insect member of the arachnid family. Neither is there such a thing as an arachnid family. The term 'insect' refers to a higher category within scientific classification. Its category is as the Insecta class of which bugs and insects are members. The term 'arachnid' also refers to a higher category than family. That category is the Arachnida class of which water boatmen, ticks, Spiders, scorpions, mites, and harvesters are members.

Answer 3

There is no difference between arachnids and spiders because spiders are arachnids.

Answer 4

Spiders are in "Phylum" (Arthopoda) because they have segmented body parts, jointed appendages and an exoskeleton. Spiders are in the "Class" (Arachnid).

Answer 5

All spiders are arachnids but not all arachnids are spiders. Spiders belong to the class Arachnida (you know, arachnids), along with scorpions, daddy long-legs, and mites and ticks.

Answer 6

Their jointed feet.