All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

Acceptance of entomophagy, or eating arthropods, is low in the United States, University of Missouri Extension field horticulturist Tamra Reall says, but look for numbers to grow as efforts are ...

Several 'creepy-crawlies' common in the garden are wrongly known as insects: centipedes, millipedes, woodlice, spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks and mites are all from the family Arthropoda.

You may know that spiders, mites, and ticks have eight legs, and therefore are not insects. Sometimes we lump all these creepy crawlies under the term “arthropods,” which includes invertebrate (no ...

A remarkable fossilized larva has been discovered by scientists with its brain and guts still intact. The fossilized creature is one of the earliest ancestors of a group known as arthropods, which ...

New study sheds light on how insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other arthropods evolved their distinct body structures. By ...

Spiders are found all around the world, except in Antarctica. There are over 50,000 species that belong to 136 families.

Arthropods, a group that includes insects, crustaceans, spiders, and centipedes, represent the most diverse animal phylum on Earth. Each group of arthropods is defined by a unique arrangement of ...

Liesch is the sole worker at the lab and takes on a plethora of responsibilities regarding the insects people bring in. His main task is identifying arthropods and educating people on entomology, or ...

There are other meat-eating caterpillars that "do lots of crazy things, but this takes the cake," the study's author said.