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Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Arachnids · Horseshoe Crabs · Insects · Two-pronged Bristletails · Coneheads

Class Arachnida - Arachnids
Crab Spider1 - Misumena vatia - male mite Tarantula Spined Micrathena - Micrathena gracilis - female Massachusetts driveway spider black yellow striped abdomen - Xysticus speciesb spider - Mecynogea lemniscata - female what kind of jumper is this? Spider - Theridion - male

Class Merostomata - Horseshoe Crabs
Atlantic horseshoe crab - Limulus polyphemus - male - female Atlantic horseshoe crab - Limulus polyphemus - male - female Atlantic horseshoe crab - Limulus polyphemus - male - female Atlantic horseshoe crab - Limulus polyphemus Atlantic horseshoe crab - Limulus polyphemus

Class Insecta - Insects
longhorn beetle larva (updated) family unknown - Macropogon piceus Unknown moth - Autographa californica D. Maculata nest in small Apple tree - Dolichovespula maculata 7009321 - Suillia barberi Is this a soldier beetle? - Cantharis aneba caterpillar Wasp - Polistes fuscatus - male

Class Diplura - Two-pronged Bristletails
Japygidae species Japygidae species Diplura Diplura Japygidae Diplura Diplura Possible campodeid

Class Protura - Coneheads
Proturan found under bark of small branch. Proturan found under bark of small branch.


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