{"id":98247,"date":"2026-04-14T13:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=98247"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:12:52","slug":"arachnids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/arachnids\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnids"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Arachnids Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A fossil harvestman identified using advanced imaging techniques shows that extinct arachnid lineages once lived in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Arachnids<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arachnids are <\/span><b>chelicerates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>one of the five groups of the phylum Arthropoda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which loosely <\/span><b>means \u2018jointed foot\u2019.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These arthropods are primarily<\/span><b> carnivorous, wingless, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and have <\/span><b>8 legs.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Like all arthropods<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, arachnids have <\/span><b>segmented bodies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>tough exoskeletons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>jointed appendages.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comprising around 100,000 species, there are <\/span><b>more arachnids than all vertebrate animals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (e.g., mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians) <\/span><b>combined<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They encompass<\/span><b> various orders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including <\/span><b>spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making arachnids <\/span><b>prevalent in terrestrial habitats across all continents<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with s<\/span><b>ome found in freshwater environments.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are notable for their anatomical adaptations, such as<\/span><b> specialized mouthparts for prey capture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>unique respiratory structures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, like <\/span><b>book lungs and tracheal tubes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arachnids <\/span><b>lack jaws <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and, <\/span><b>with only a few exceptions, inject digestive fluids into their prey <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">before sucking its liquefied remains into their mouths.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They exhibit <\/span><b>various lifestyles, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including <\/span><b>free-living, predatory, and parasitic <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">behaviors.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Noteworthy members<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> include<\/span><b> highly venomous species, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">such as the <\/span><b>black widow spider <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and certain scorpions, which can pose risks to humans.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At a glance, <\/span><b>insects and arachnids<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are easy to mistake for one another. The two <\/span><b>easy-to-spot differences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between the two are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Body segments:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> While <\/span><b>arachnids <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have <\/span><b>two body segments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>insects have three<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> body segments.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Number of leg<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s:<\/span><b> Insects have six legs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">compared to <\/span><b>arachnids\u2019 eight legs.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/35-million-year-old-mystery-strange-arachnid-discovered-preserved-in-amber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">STD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arachnids are chelicerates, one of the five groups of the phylum Arthropoda, which loosely means \u2018jointed foot\u2019. 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