ARTHROPODS

The organisms in this phylum make up more than

75% of all the life on Earth. This phylum includes ants,
flies, bees, butterflies, cockroaches, dragonflies,
mosquitoes, spiders, crabs and lobsters

Characteristics:
• Their bodies are divided into three sections: head,
thorax and abdomen
• They have three or more pairs of legs or appendages
which are jointed
• Abdomen is segmented
• Have exoskeleton or hard outer body covering
( crabs, lobsters, shrimps, beetles)
• Shed its exoskeleton and forms new ones periodically
(molts) during its lifetime as it grows in size.
 Spiders
 Scorpions
 Mites
 Ticks
 Butterflies
 Flies
 Bees
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 Dragonflies
 Mosquitoes
(Dengue mosquitoes)
 Malaria mosquito
 Ants
 Beetles
 Grasshoppers
 Cockroaches
 Crayfish
 Lobsters
 Shrimps
 Prawns
 Millipedes
 Centipedes