An arthropod is a type of animal that has its skeleton on the outside of the body (external exoskeleton), a body divided into segments, and joined appendages. These include all insect, arachnids (spiders) and crusaceans. Each segment of their bodies repeats and has a pair of limbs. They are one of the most species-rich members on earth, due to their high level of versatility and adjustment.
They have over 1 million described species, making up more than 80% of existing animal species. They can be as small as a few microns, or as big as a few meters long.
This photo series was created by the USGS Bee Inventory and monitoring lab (USGS BIML), among hundreds more.
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Wasp |
Yellow Jacket Mimic Fly |
Female Northern Black Widow Spider |
The Endangered Karner Blue |
Melissodes dentiventris |
Beetle on glass |
Black Horse Fly |
Augochlora regina |
Oblong-winged katydid |
Megachile-campanulae |
Lasioglossum nr longifrons |
Lace Bug |
Rove Beetle |
Trypoxylon mexicanum |
Centris haemorrhoidalis |
Cone Head |
Agapostemon coloradinus |
Leptochilus acolhuus |
Harlequin Bug Eggs |
Polistes metricus |
Spider Wasp |
Gryllus species |
Hoplitis truncata |
Deer Fly |
Drepanaporus collaris detailed macro close ups of |
Triepeolus donatus |
Drepanaporus collaris |
Sharpshooter |
Trypoxylon mexicanum |
Yellow Jacket Mimic Fly |
Pearl Crescent |
Camel Cricket |
Harlequin Bug Nymphs |
Lachnopus guerinii |
Bombus griseocollis |
Coelioxys sayi |
Spider |
Brown marmorated stinkbug |
Osmia sandersoneae |
Dianthidium curvatum |
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