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This is effectively the definition of insects.

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Images of insects with 8 legs?

Insects have six legs and three body segments. Arachnids (spiders) have eight legs and two body segments. Try this site. http://www.termite.com/spider-identification.html


How many body segments and legs do insects have?

Insects typically have six or eight legs. Their legs are usually attached to the thorax, or center portion, of the insect's body.


What anthropod has eight legs and two body segments?

The arachnid class of invertebrates, which includes spiders, scorpions, and ticks, have eight legs and two body segments - a cephalothorax (combination of head and thorax) and an abdomen. This body structure distinguishes them from insects, which have six legs and three body segments.


What is the difference between spiders and insects?

Spiders are arachnids, not insects. The main differences are that spiders have eight legs, two body segments, and no antennae, while insects have six legs, three body segments, and antennae.


What are some major groups of anthropods?

Insects (everything with six legs), arachnids (eight legs), crustaceans (ten legs), and centi/millipedes (many legs). ^^


What are the number of body segment that insects have?

Most insects have head, thorax, abdomen as their body segments.


Are spiders called insects if not what are they called?

Spiders are not called insects; they belong to a separate group called arachnids. Insects have six legs and three body segments, while spiders have eight legs and two body segments.


How do you know whether that thing is an insect?

Check that it has six legs, 3 body segments and a pair of feelers/antennae.


What characteristics distinguish a spider, a type of insect with eight legs, from other insects with six legs?

Spiders are not insects, they are arachnids. One key difference is that spiders have eight legs, while insects have six legs. Additionally, spiders have two body segments (cephalothorax and abdomen) and produce silk, while insects have three body segments (head, thorax, and abdomen) and do not produce silk.


Spider an insect?

No. The spider is not an insect, because it does not have six legs, three body parts and antennae.


What characteristics differentiate a spider from other bugs with six legs?

Spiders are arachnids, not insects, and have eight legs instead of six. They also have two body segments (cephalothorax and abdomen) and produce silk for webs.


What is the difference between the body segments of insects versus the body segments of arachnids?

Insects have three main body segments: the head, thorax, and abdomen, which are distinct and serve different functions such as sensory processing, locomotion, and digestion. In contrast, arachnids have two body segments: the cephalothorax (which combines the head and thorax) and the abdomen. Additionally, insects typically have six legs, while arachnids possess eight legs, reflecting their different evolutionary adaptations.