Arachnids
Minibeast  or  Minibeasts  is a term for a variety of arthropods and other invertebrates, including spiders, ants, butterflies, bees, wasps, flies, woodlice [1] , and many others. The United Kingdom-based Young People's Charitable Trust defines them as small animals in a factsheet written for young readers [2] . There is a Minibeast Zooseum in Michigan dedicated to invertebrates [3] . Minibeasts, as indicated by their name, are generally 'mini' or small Those are just a few well-known examples of the thousands and thousands of types of ‘creepy-crawlies’ that exist all over the world. Officially, minibeasts are called invertebrates which are animals without a backbone, and these are the most numerous type of animal in the world. In Britain alone there are over 25,000 species of invertebrates known. Unlike vertebrates (animals with a backbone) they do not have a skeleton inside. A pond is another good minibeast habitat and the best way to find out about the minibeasts in a pond is to arm yourself with a net, a large bowl or shallow tray, a magnifying glass and a notebook and go pond dipping. Minibeasts Cross Curriculum Project. Minibeasts are simply small animals: spiders, snails, slugs, beetles, centipedes, worms, earwigs, caterpillars – and thousands of other types of minibeast that exist all over the world. Officially, minibeasts are called invertebrates, which are animals without a backbone, and these are the most numerous type of animal in the world. In Britain alone there are over 25,000 species of known invertebrates. Unlike vertebrates (animals with a backbone), they do not have a skeleton inside Posted by Meganne Andrew on 27/08/2013. I am just doing my homework (without my mum) (snigering) just this website I have to do the rest (honestly)so as I was saying I made my superbug and I just love it! Posted by Flynn Wright on 08/04/2009. Mini-beast school prodject Hi everyone! Quite literally, a ‘minibeast’ is simply a small animal. Spiders, snails, slugs, beetles, centipedes, worms, earwigs, caterpillars are just a few. A pond is another good minibeast habitat and the best way to find out about the minibeasts in a pond is to arm yourself with a net, a large bowl or shallow tray, a magnifying glass and a notebook and go pond dipping. This is one of Australia’s most spectacular spiders which is yet to be scientifically described. It was first discovered in 2006 on a field trip for Melbourne Museum by Deanna and Alan Henderson, Jessie Sinclair and Kerrie Matthews.  Arachnids include spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks. There are about 60,000 species of arachnids. Arachnids have eight legs, not six like insects. They also have an extra pair of either pincers or fangs. They do not have wings or antennae but they do have a hard exoskeleton. Arachnids have two parts to their body-the cephalothorax and the abdomen. The cephalothorax is like the head and thorax section of an insect but it is fused together.  Scorpions are predatory arthropod animals of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida. They have eight legs and are easily recognised by the pair of grasping pedipalps and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger. Segment 2 consists of the basal plate with the pectines, which are a pair of limbs transformed into sensory organs. Each of the mesosomal segments 3 to 7 have a pair of spiracles, the openings for the scorpion's respiratory organs, known as book lungs.
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