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Urticating hair — Urticating hairs are one of the primary defense mechanisms used by some New World tarantulas and lepidopteran caterpillars. This term refers to the barbed hairs that cover the dorsal and posterior surface of the tarantula s abdomen or caterpillar … Wikipedia
urticating — v. sting, stick (as with nettles); beat, whip; tease, provoke; cause to be infected with hives … English contemporary dictionary
urticating hairs — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In some caterpillars and adults, bristles with minute lateral points producing marked irritation upon contact, whether due to mechanical action alone or presence of poisonous secretion … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Tarantula — Taxobox name = Tarantulas image width = 240px image caption = Mexican Red knee Tarantula regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Arachnida ordo = Araneae subordo = Mygalomorphae superfamilia = Theraphosoidea familia = Theraphosidae… … Wikipedia
Spider bite — redirects here. For The Spider Bite urban legend, see The Spider Bite. Spider bite Classification and external resources Chelicerae of a black wishbone (nemesiid) spider, a mygalomorph … Wikipedia
List of Theraphosidae species — The family Theraphosidae is divided up into 12 subfamilies, as follows. In 2003, the genus Spelopelma was subsumed into the genus Hemirrhagus , thus subsuming the subfamily Spelopelminae into Theraphosinae.AcanthopelminaeAcanthopelminae, first… … Wikipedia
Hysterocrates gigas — Region: AfricaClass: ArachnidaOrder: AraneaeFamily: TheraphosidaeGenus: HysterocratesScientific Name: Hysterocrates gigas Description: Tarantulas in this family are generally large and “hairy”. This tarantula has various color variations from… … Wikipedia
Skeleton tarantula — Ephebopus murinus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Spider — Taxobox name = Spiders image width = 250px image caption = an Orb weaver spider, Family: Araneidae regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Chelicerata classis = Arachnida ordo = Araneae ordo authority = Clerck, 1757 diversity link =… … Wikipedia
Caterpillar — Caterpillars are the larval form of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). They are mostly phytophagous in food habit, with some species being entomophagous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders and… … Wikipedia
