Wow. I feel like i should have known this before.
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This is kind of embarrassing...
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This is kind of embarrassing...
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I just learned that spiders aren't insects
- Thread starter julia crawford
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They are Arachnids. But we all have small gaps in knowledge. Some of us have large gaps in knowledge. I'm probably closer to the ladder.
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This is sort of a common knowledge thing but I could see why someone might be confused if you never learned it.
My wife is a biologist and always yells at me when I refer to them as bugs.
But in my defense, if they get into my space it definitely bugs me. lol
But in my defense, if they get into my space it definitely bugs me. lol
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This was how i understood it. I thought they were a subcategory of insect.
lol shut up next you're gonna tell me dolphins are mammals or some shit
Yeah, which is why it's somewhat surprising that OP wouldn't have learned it since it seems like something they hammer in in science class because, like you said, it'd otherwise be an extremely common misconception.
As opposed to these which I don't remember being talked about as much.
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I probably did and readily discarded the knowledge anyway. I wasn't a good student.
Furthermore, not all insects are bugs. Bugs are insects with piercing/sucking mouth parts.
Most people don't know a lot of specifics about arthropoda (the classification and naming). I didn't realize Scorpions were arachnids, as I had always associated the term with spiders rather than based on anatomy. But when you dig in you can see a lot of cool adaptations between different species in how different arachnids adapted their chelicerae. Example:
Spiders have fangs while Scorpions have claws
Did you know "bug" is actually a term for a specific kind of insect? Hemiptera are "bugs" and you can tell by their membranous wings (rather than having a hard shell like ladybugs which are beetles. People call everything bugs due to common naming such as this) and they have a mouthpart akin to a straw rather than mandibles.
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Spiders have fangs while Scorpions have claws
Did you know "bug" is actually a term for a specific kind of insect? Hemiptera are "bugs" and you can tell by their membranous wings (rather than having a hard shell like ladybugs which are beetles. People call everything bugs due to common naming such as this) and they have a mouthpart akin to a straw rather than mandibles.
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Nooooooooo. Spiders help keep your house clean by eating other bugs. Spiders are friends. Let them live and make their webs and you will be blessed with good luck and lots of money.
How fucking funny would it have been if he yelled "arachnid!"?
I wonder how many science classrooms neglect to teach this. I learned it in early elementary school. Somewhere between 3rd and 5th grade, although I'm sure I came across it earlier. Thing is, especially in a biology-averse country like the United States, I'm sure many classrooms skip over this, or give it little attention. I'd bet there are many teachers who hold biology in contempt due to religious influence, and would be so petty as to resent the difference between insects and arachnids. I personally know two teachers who would deny a difference, and I don't know many teachers. I'm sure there are more.
"Deny" here meaning denying that the differences are important. That it's worthwhile for the general public to know that there are distinct classifications for these creatures. Contemptuous that someone might want to present those differences during the course of public education.
"Deny" here meaning denying that the differences are important. That it's worthwhile for the general public to know that there are distinct classifications for these creatures. Contemptuous that someone might want to present those differences during the course of public education.
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Their official classification is : "demon spawn, decendants of ancient evil Shelob " so I'm not surprised they are not related to anything earthly and from this plane of existence.
The reason I know the difference was the 90s film Arachnophobia. There were posters for it at the rental places my parents would take us to.
It's easy OP:
- Insects have 6 legs (Hexapods) and antennas.
- Arachnids have 8 legs and no antenna (spiders and scorpions mostly).
Both are arthropods, meaning they have articulated members with an exosqueletton
Also, within the Arthropods that have antennas (the Antennata or Mandibulata) there is also the Crustecean and the Myriapods (centipedes).
- Insects have 6 legs (Hexapods) and antennas.
- Arachnids have 8 legs and no antenna (spiders and scorpions mostly).
Both are arthropods, meaning they have articulated members with an exosqueletton
Also, within the Arthropods that have antennas (the Antennata or Mandibulata) there is also the Crustecean and the Myriapods (centipedes).
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