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Read about related non-insect Arthropds by using the "Forward" and "Backward" device icons. The Phylum Arthrodopa includes the Class Insecta. Other non-insect classes include spiders, scorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen, ticks, mites, sea spiders, crustaceans, millipedes, centipedes, pauropods and symphylans.

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Tailless Whipscorpion

Tarantula spp.
AmblypygiTarantulidae
Order, Family and Description

Tailless whipscorpion run sideways on six legs, with their front pair having specialized ferocious pincers to catch its prey. Active at night, these spider relatives have no silk glands of poisonous fangs but rely on stealth, speed and very sharp jaws. Their whipscorpion relatives also lack poison glands although are able to spray their prey with a mixture containing acetic acid.

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