Lotsalegs Arthropods

Arthropods are an amazing group of animals. In fact, there are more species of arthropods than any other group of animals. All arthropods have jointed appendages and exoskeletons. This website deals mainly with arachnids, but other arthropods as well (including insects - the largest group of arthropods). See my Insect Morphology page for differences between arachnids, insects, and other arthropods.

Disclaimer: Lotsalegs is a pictorial presentation of some amazing critters, with general information and caresheets. The caresheets are basic guidelines; they are not the know all and end all of knowledge. Please visit the links for more information and email me with comments or suggestions.

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Scorpions Class Arachnida, Order Scorpiones
Family Buthidae
	Centruroides sculpturatus (Arizona bark scorpion)
	Centruroides gracilis (slenderbrown bark scorpion)
	Centruroides margaritatus (Central American bark scorpion)
	Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion)
	Parabuthus liosoma (African black-tailed scorpion)
	Parabuthus mossambicensis (yellow thick-tailed scorpion)
	Parabuthus transvaalicus (black thick-tailed scorpion)
Family Iuridae/Caraboctonidae
	Hadrurus arizonensis (desert hairy scorpion)
	Hadrurus spadix (northern desert or black hairy scorpion)
Family Liochelidae/Hemiscorpiidae
	Hadogenes paucidens (banded flat rock scorpion)
	Hadogenes troglodytes (flat rock scorpion)
Family Scorpionidae
	Opistophthalmus sp. (tri-color burrowing scorpion)
	Pandinus cavimanus (Tanzanian redclawed scorpion)
	Pandinus imperator (emperor scorpion)
Tarantulas Class Arachnida, Order Araneae
Family Theraphosidae
	Avicularia avicularia (common pinktoe tarantula)
	Avicularia metallica (metallic pinktoe or whitetoe tarantula)
	Avicularia versicolor (Antilles or Martinique pinktoe tarantula)
	Brachypelma albopilosum (curlyhair tarantula)
	Brachypelma smithi (Mexican redknee tarantula)
	Grammostola rosea (Chilean rose tarantula)
	Haplopelma lividum (cobalt blue tarantula)
	Phormictopes canceroides (Haitian brown tarantula)
	Poecilotheria regalis (Indian ornamental tarantula)
	Psalmopoeus cambridgei (Trinidad chevron tarantula)
	Pterinochilus lugardi (Fort Hall baboon tarantula)
	Pterinochilus murinus (Usambara orange baboon tarantula)
Cockroaches Class Insecta, Order Blattaria
Family Blaberidae
	Blaptica dubia (Guyana spotted cockroach)
	Eublaberus prosticus (orange headed cockroach)
	Gromphadorhina portentosa (Madagascar hissing cockroach)
Millipedes Class Diplopoda, Order Spirostreptida
Family Spirostreptidae
	Family Spirostreptidae: African giant millipedes
Hermit Crabs Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda
Family Coenobitidae
	Coenobita sp. (Land hermit crab)
Enclosures
	Pictures of animal cages

Updates:
July 18, 2006: P. canceroides and more Avicularia pics (all three species)
Jun. 27, 2006: H. arizonensis, H. paucidens; Scorpio changed to Opistophthalmus
Jan. 22, 2006: We're back online now, with C. exilicauda and vittatus too!!
June 1, 2005: P. liosoma page, photos of A. versicolor and A. avicularia
Jan. 17, 2005: Yay! The P. cambridgei page is up finally!
Jan. 12, 2005: Pictures of new P. imperator babies!!!
Jan. 8, 2005: Pokey page and roach pages!!
Pictures of hermit crabs, C. margaritatus, and millipedes
Jan. 1, 2005: Pictures of H. lividum, B. smithi, P. transvaalicus, and G. portentosa
Dec. 31, 2004: Pictures of G. rosea, P. lugardi, and C. margaritatus

Copyright © 2002-2006 By Emily Tenczar
Email: etenczar@gmail.com

Thanks to Dad & everyone else who contributed pictures.

Links:

Spiders of the Midwest
 

References:

Breene, R. G. III. 1998.
Concise Care Guide For The 80 Plus Most Common Tarantulas.
American Tarantula Society. Carlsbad, NM.

Fouskaris, J. 2001. Petbugs.com.

Leeming, J. 2006. Scorpions of Southern Africa.

Ove Rein, J. (editor). 2003. The Scorpion Files.

Overton, M. 2003. The Tarantula's Burrow.

Rankin, W. and J. G. Walls. 1994. Tarantulas and Scorpions: Their Care in Captivity.
T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Neptune City, NJ.

Rubio, M. 2000. Scorpions: a complete pet owner's manual.
Barron's Educational Series, Inc. Hauppauge, NY.

Ythier, E. 2003. The Scorpion Fauna.

LD50 Venom Table from Singapore Scorpion Page

Wallpaper courtesy of ARACHNOLOGY.

	The Scorpion SiteRing Founded by: Chad Lee

SiteRing by Bravenet.com

~~Nov. 7, 2002~~