Arthropods
Centipedes
Characteristics
Crustaceans
Arachnids
Insects
Millipedes
Examples
Number of body
sections
Crab
Shrimp
2 or 3
Spiders
Mites
Ticks
Scorpions
2
Centipedes
Millipedes
over 100
segments
Butterfly
Dragonfly
Bee
3
Number of legs
5 or more pairs
8
over 80 segments
1 pair per
segment
2 pair per
segments
Number of
antennae
2 pair
0
At least 2 pair
1 pair
Scavengers,
predators
Inject venom, bit,
sting
inject venom
Living or dead
plants and animals
Feeding
3 pairs
Herbivores
Environment
Water or damp
areas
Mostly on land
Mostly on land
Mostly on land
Arthropods