arachnid

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These arachnids are parasites, which means they cannot survive without drinking the blood of larger animals.

From National Geographic

The tiny arachnids spread a variety of harmful diseases, as they expand their range to new areas.

From New York Times

This time the task wasn’t limited to creating uniquely designed characters inhabiting a single universe, but entire worlds based on the myriad comic book sagas that have reinterpreted Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s arachnid paladin.

From New York Times

The bright blue and orange arachnid—a pea-size animal native to China and Japan—crawls like an ant, according to a new study.

From Science Magazine

Without a deep freeze, these arachnids and various insect pests don’t die off en masse, Pell says.

From Scientific American