Spider leg anatomy

Learn how to draw spiders by understanding their anatomy.

Spider anatomy Spiders have the following basic features: Two body parts; cephalothorax and abdomen Eight legs Pedipalps (the feelers) Spinnerets (silk spinning organs) Eyes (6 or 8) Chelicerae (mouthparts) Fangs (connected to the chelicerae) Click on the diagram BELOW to see these features There are around 4000 species of spiders …

Spiders were designed with two versions of the <i>dachshund</i> gene, one essential to knee formation, but spider knees did not evolve through gene duplication.

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Learn how to draw spiders by understanding their anatomy.

Halloween 2018: Realistic Giant Spider: For Halloween 2018 I created a large, realistic spider; I've seen a number of giant spider builds, and while all were impressive, because my father is an entomologist and taught me about insect and arachnid anatomy I was never really satisfied with …

I HATE being bitten. I’ve been bitten by something in my sleep every night for the past week, and I think I’ve finally found the culprit: a little jumping spider. The spider, which I…

Entomologists estimate that there are between 5 and 10 million species of insects on Earth. But if asked which insect they hate the most, many people would have no trouble choosing just one -- the cockroach.