Home>>Animals>>Invertebrates>>Arthropoda

Arthropoda

Arthropods are a large group of animals, including hexapods (insects, etc.), crustaceans (shrimps, crabs, etc.), chelicerates (spiders, scorpions, etc.), and myriapods (centipedes, millipedes, etc.) Exoskeletons and other animals form a taxonomic unit called Arthropoda (scientific name: Arthropoda). Including the well-known shrimps, crabs, mosquitoes, flies, butterflies, spiders, centipedes and extinct trilobites. There are approximately 1.2 million existing species in the world, accounting for

Black House Spider

Black House Spider

Badumna insignis

The Black House Spider (Badumna insignis) is a desid spider native to Austra···

Bird‑dropping spiders

Bird‑dropping spiders

Araneidae (notably Celaenia excavata)

Bird‑dropping spiders are orbweavers that masquerade as bird droppings. The···

Badge huntsman spiders

Badge huntsman spiders

Neosparassus (family Sparassidae)

Badge huntsman spiders primarily refer to the Australian genus Neosparassus ···

Australian tarantulas

Australian tarantulas

Theraphosidae (e.g., Selenocosmia, Phlogius, Selenotholus, Selenotypus)

Australian tarantulas, locally known as whistling spiders, belong to the fam···

Australian funnel‑web spiders

Australian funnel‑web spiders

Atracidae (notably Atrax, Hadronyche, Illawarra)

Australian funnel‑web spiders chiefly refer to the family Atracidae, includ···

Ant‑eating spiders

Ant‑eating spiders

Zodariidae (e.g., Zodarion; plus some myrmecomorphic salticids)

Ant‑eating spiders commonly refers to Zodariidae and related ant‑specialis···

Percebes (Goose Barnacle · Overview)

Percebes (Goose Barnacle · Overview)

Pollicipes pollicipes (commonly meant)

Percebes commonly refers to the goose barnacle, and in European gastronomy m···

Vir philippinensis (Philippine Anemone Shrimp)

Vir philippinensis (Philippine Anemone Shrimp)

Vir philippinensis

Vir philippinensis—often called the Philippine anemone shrimp—is a commens···

Membracidae

Membracidae

thorn bugs,Treehoppers,Tree lice, stinging lice, stinging insects

Membracidae are members of the family Membracidae, in the order Homoptera, c···

Birgus latro

Birgus latro

Coconut Crab,Gossip crab, robber crab

Coconut crab (scientific name: Birgus latro, foreign name Coconut Crab), als···

Coccinellidae

Coccinellidae

Coccinella septempunctata,ladybirds,ladybug,Fatty, matchmaker, sister Hua, Tiandao worm, golden turtle, pearl turtle, Dr. Mai, stinky turtle

Ladybugs (scientific name: Coccinellidae, binomial name: Coccinella septempu···

spider

spider

Webworms, flat spiders, garden spiders, octopuses, crickets, silkworms

Spiders (scientific name Araneida; Araneae, foreign name Spider) are also kn···

Paederus fuscipes

Paederus fuscipes

Paederus fuscipes is a small insect of the family Staphylinidae, widely dist···

Atlatsjapyx atlas

Atlatsjapyx atlas

pa

Atlas japyx atlas (scientific name: Atlas japyx atlas) is an arthropod found···

Balanus

Balanus

Balanus,Touch, horse teeth, oyster soup

There are more than 500 species of barnacles (scientific name: Balanus), and···

Blatta orientalis

Blatta orientalis

Blatta orientalis,Oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis

The Oriental cockroach (scientific name: Blatta orientalis) is the largest c···

Blattella germanica

Blattella germanica

Blattella germanica,German cockroach, German cockroach, Blattella germanica

German cockroach (Blattella germanica) is the most widely distributed and mo···

Periplaneta americana

Periplaneta americana

Periplaneta americana,Red cockroach, ship cockroach, cockroach

The American cockroach is scientifically named Periplaneta americana, and is···

Danaus plexippus

Danaus plexippus

Danaus plexippus,Great Birch Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Black-veined Birch Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly

The Monarch Butterfly (scientific name: Danaus plexippus) is a large butterf···

Latrodectus

Latrodectus

Latrodectus,black widow,Spider

The scientific name of the black widow spider is Latrodectus, and its foreig···

Teinopalpus aureus

Teinopalpus aureus

Teinopalpus aureus

As a unique treasure of China, the Golden Swallowtail is known as the "···