On the Smaller Side
Tiny insect with no wings that pierce the skin of animals to suck out blood
FLEA
Disease spread by ticks with high fever, a rash on skin along with joint pain.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Supporting structure covering the outside of an arthropod.
Exoskeleton
Sea dwelling arthropod that is now extinct.
Trilobite
Fertile arthropod that lays all the eggs for a hive.
Queen bee
Very small arachnids with 8 legs that attach to humans and animals and cause diseases
TICK
Illness caused by ticks with fever, headaches, fatigue. Later will effect heart, joints, and nerves
Lyme disease
Small hole in the side of an arthropod used to breathe.
Spiracle
Predatory arachnid with 8 legs, pincers, and a segmented tail with a stinger.
Scorpion
Where one animal looks like another animal or thing to protect themselves.
Mimicry
Tiny parasite spread from person to person causing itching and red bumps
LICE
Disease from mosquitos with fever, headaches in mostly tropical areas.
Malaria
Pair of appendages near the mouth to grasp and crush food
Mandible
Arthropod living in shallow water with a special shaped rounded shell and two compound eyes.
Horseshoe crab
Where an arthropod sheds its outer exoskeleton to grow larger
Molting
Small arthropods almost microscopic living in soil and water. They are parasites on plants and animals
Mites
Disease spread by fleas on rats.
Bubonic plague
Small tubes inside insects and arthropods that release waste from the body
Malpighian tubules
Arthropod insect that caused extreme damage to cotton plants.
Boll weevil
Chemical substance that carries a message to another organism from female to male or vice versa.
Pheromone
Tiny, six legged wingless biting creatures that are a type of mite found in tall grass. Causes itching and red welts.
Chiggers
Disease spread by female mosquitos where the person gets fever, chills, muscle pain
Yellow fever
Carbohydrate that is found in exoskeletons that makes it hard but flexible
Chitin
Arthropod with 4 legs on every segment of its body
Millipede
Arthropod with 2 segments in its body, jointed legs, covered with cuticle material
Chelicerates