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11-05-2003 :: Spider or... insect?

The animals near represented are three Arthropods, but two aren't Insects... which are they? A little aid: let you try to number the legs and the parts of body. The answer... to the next instalment. No! We're joking! Well, to get back to the subject, the Insects have three pair of legs and the body divided in three parts (head, thorax, abdomen). and so? Right! The spider and the scorpion are Arthropods, but they aren't Insects. The same too about the tailed crabs, trilobites, crustaceans, millepedes, centipedes, etc. On the contrary, the ant is an Insect.

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