Arthropods by Bernard Dalton https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1 en-us 2017-11-15 14:36:11 UTC 2025-11-15 10:13:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/203799799/d2e16279c5581e5c42dff99c02d30d1a/media.jpg Classification glengurtns_bdalton https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/207211513 Arthropods are animals that have more than four legs and their legs are jointed to their bodies. 
They have three parts for their bodies . The head, abdomen and the thorax.

]]> 2017-11-15 14:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/207211513 Spiders glengurtns_bdalton https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/207213966  Spiders (arachnids) are arthropods. They have eight legs and eight eyes.
 In their fangs there is venom.
There are more than 40,000 spiders and they are spreaded out into 109 families.
The majority of spiders aren't deadly but some of them are enough venom to kill up to five humans.
Arachnids have different ways of killing people some ways are building webs, throwing silk or jumping on it.
The black widow will not kill you because that is its last resort it will either run away or play dead.
Like the mosquitoes only the female will bite.
Fun Fact: Spiders can make trapdoors and they eat their own webs.

]]> 2017-11-15 14:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/207213966 Crabs glengurtns_bdalton https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/207225268 Crabs can be found anywhere in the world apart from the two poles.
Most crabs are gentle and will not hurt you but that does not stand for all of them.
They have a very venomous bite.
 The reason crabs walk sideways is because of articulation but however a good amount of crabs actually do walk sideways.
Males have larger claws while Females have a rounder abdomen.

Fun Fact: The smallest crab 'the pea crab' is 0.27 inches long.]]> 2017-11-15 14:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/207225268 Mosquitoes glengurtns_bdalton https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/208704959 There are more than 3,500 species of mosquitoes. 
West Virginia has the fewest species of mosquitoes. 
Mosquito is Spanish for “little fly.” Mosquitoes don't have teeth.
A mosquito can drink up to three times its weight in blood.
Its the wings of the mosquito that makes the noise.
The female mosquito will keep biting till' her abdomen is full. If she gets interrupted she will move to the other person and bite him.
Only some people get bit by mosquitos because of the scent off their skin.

Fun Fact: Only female mosquitoes bite.
]]> 2017-11-20 13:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/208704959 Butterflies glengurtns_bdalton https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/209042612 Butterflies are insects.
A butterfly's life-cycle is made up of four parts, egg, larva ,pupa and adult.
Butterflies attach their eggs to leaves with a special glue like substance.
Most caterpillars are herbivores (plant eaters).
A butterfly has tiny ears on its wings which can distinguish between high and low pitch sounds, possibly as a way to listen in on nearby birds research has said. Scientists thought butterflies were deaf until 1912 when the first butterfly ears were discovered. Butterflies tend to live in tropical or humid places in the world.
Fun Fact: Butterflies start out their lives as a caterpillar.

]]> 2017-11-21 11:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/209042612 Links glengurtns_bdalton https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/209049719 http://www.toptenz.net/10-venomous-spiders-world.php

https://blog.nature.org/science/2015/10/26/ten-creepiest-spiders-north-america-weird-nature-science/

http://www.celebrationcdd.org/services/mosquito-control/types-of-mosquitoes

https://listverse.com/2014/10/18/10-weird-and-wonderful-species-of-true-crabs/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Geef02HQrcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOs6IgbsOTo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j92A9TjlTdQ


]]> 2017-11-21 12:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/209049719 Opinions glengurtns_bdalton https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/209420627 Eoghan:  I think that some arthropods look weird while more look nice and colourful.

Aryn:  I think that by far arthropods are the most interesting and the best.

Tierna :   I like them because they are colourful and my favourite is the monarch butterfly.

Darragh:  I think they're cool but I don't like spiders.]]> 2017-11-22 12:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/glengurtns_bdalton/aiw2vndrrzn1/wish/209420627