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Eight-legged overachievers who skipped the insect club to start their own.
means A class of joint-legged creatures including spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites, defined by four pairs of legs and two body segments.
from From Greek arachne, spider, born of the myth of Arachne, a weaver so good she challenged Athena and got eternally re-spooled into a spider.
Not insectsEight legs, no antennae, no wings, ever.
Ancient lineageScorpions predate dinosaurs by over 200 million years.
Body planTwo segments: cephalothorax and abdomen, no chewing jaws.
Massive classOver 100,000 species, mostly tiny mites you never see.