Arthropod Notes - Montgomery Township School District

41 11/20 Arthropod Notes Common Characteristics Invertebrate External Skeleton Segmented Body Jointed Appendages Interesting

Facts About 875,000 species Been around for 540 million years Important Vocabulary Exoskeleton- outer skeleton Molting- shedding outgrown exoskeleton

Different Types Crustaceans Arachnids (spiders) Insects Centipedes and Millipedes Crustaceans Lobster Crayfis Blue Crab

Mr. Krab Arachnids Brown Recluse Black Widow Tarantul a Yellow Garden

Wolf Spider Insects Monarch Butterfly Be e Prayin g Mantis Leaf

Cutter Striped Love Centipedes & Millipedes Giant Centiped e Blue Florida Centipede North

America Giant n Milliped Milliped Comparison Table Characteris Crustacea Arachnids Insects tic ns

# of body sections 2 or 3 2 3 # of legs 5 or more pairs 2 pairs

4 pairs 3 pairs None 1 pair Water/ damp places Usually

land Usually land # of antennae Where found? Animal book pg.