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Why is an spider not an insect?

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∙ 14y ago
Updated: 11/23/2022

They are aracnids which means that they have eight legs instead of six. Insects have an exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax, and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae.

Spiders have eight legs, and soft bodies.

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