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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 |
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| Yellow Jacket Mimic Fly |
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| Female Northern Black Widow Spider |
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| The Endangered Karner Blue |
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| Melissodes dentiventris |
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| Beetle on glass |
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| Black Horse Fly |
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| Augochlora regina |
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| Oblong-winged katydid |
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| Megachile-campanulae |
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| Lasioglossum nr longifrons |
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| Lace Bug |
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| Rove Beetle |
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| Trypoxylon mexicanum |
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| Centris haemorrhoidalis |
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| Cone Head |
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| Agapostemon coloradinus |
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| Leptochilus acolhuus |
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| Harlequin Bug Eggs |
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| Polistes metricus |
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| Spider Wasp |
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| Gryllus species |
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| Hoplitis truncata |
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| Deer Fly |
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| Drepanaporus collaris detailed macro close ups of |
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| Triepeolus donatus |
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| Drepanaporus collaris |
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| Sharpshooter |
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| Trypoxylon mexicanum |
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| Yellow Jacket Mimic Fly |
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| Pearl Crescent |
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| Camel Cricket |
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| Harlequin Bug Nymphs |
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| Lachnopus guerinii |
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| Bombus griseocollis |
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| Coelioxys sayi |
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| Spider |
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| Brown marmorated stinkbug |
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| Osmia sandersoneae |
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| Dianthidium curvatum |
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