Did you know that a tick is not an insect? Neither is a spider. By definition, an arthropod (an animal with an exoskeleton, no backbone, a segmented body and segmented legs) with six legs is an insect, while an arthropod with eight legs is an arachnid.

Vancouver WereSpider, by Razoo Kelley

• Daddy-Long-Legs
• Harvestmen
• Hooded Tickspiders
• Mites
• Pseudoscorpions
• Schizomids
• Scorpions
• Spiders
• Tarantulas
• Ticks
• Whip Scorpions

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