| Show why spider spiders are not tot insects Inie ctr the spider la Is not an insect though probably nine people out of ten tell would class it under this term with scorpions and mites spiders form a class in the animal kingdom known as araca nada this name Is 13 derived from a mythical personage persona e called nc the da daughter u abter of a it purple dyer of lydia who was fabled to hare challenged Ill minerva nerva to a trial of skill in spinning so indignant indi was the goddess at this act of boldness that she forthwith i transformed the hapless challenger chat leager into a spider presumably in order thit that abe be ml might bt have the beat possible opportunity port unity of practicing the art 0 01 1 which she prided herself so 80 much spiders differ from insects it in ire main particulars their eyes are sini j pic instead of compound they hare bave eight legs in place of six they do not dot pass through b the metamorphoses which arc are characteristic of insects they have no antenna and their breathing I 1 Is accomplished d by met means of organs which combine the functions of lungs and gills instead of by tubes pervading perva dinn their bodies these points 4 of distinction are sufficient clent to determine the fact that it Is impossible to class spiders as insects |
