Regular bugs have six legs, why do spiders need eight?!
Question: Regular bugs have six legs, why do spiders need eight!?
Answers:
for jazz hands, duh!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Cuz they aren't bugs! They really aren't insects!. They are arachnids!. For real!. This time my flare for imagination is being tamed by the truth!.
Although, I COULD go off on a tangent about Fox Mulder investigating strange 9-legged arachnids if you wanted me to!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Although, I COULD go off on a tangent about Fox Mulder investigating strange 9-legged arachnids if you wanted me to!Www@Enter-QA@Com
"regular bugs" are insects!. Spiders are arachnids !. Insects have three body sections and six legs but spiders have two body sections and eight legs!. why!? I guess it is by some intelligent design that helps them do what they do!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
because spiders aren't exactly part of the "bug" family!. spiders fall under the category of "arachnid"!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
An insect has 6 legs!
An arachnid (spider) has 8 legs!
They are in a a different classification!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
An arachnid (spider) has 8 legs!
They are in a a different classification!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
bugs with 6 legs are insects, spiders are arachnids
no clue why, just evolution
how come you didnt ask about centipedes or millipedes!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
no clue why, just evolution
how come you didnt ask about centipedes or millipedes!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
This may not be a scientific answer!.!.!.but it's a logical guess!. They use the back 2 to work the strands of silk when weaving a web and move about with the other 6!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
because they're in a different family to the 'regular' bugs!. and because it adds to their scaryness!. x)Www@Enter-QA@Com
Spiders like to spin their webs, so the extra legs gives them more control when they walk on their sticky web, so that they themselves don't get caught up in their own web!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Spiders are not considered insects!.
Most spiders have 8 legs!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Most spiders have 8 legs!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
because arachnids are not insects!.!.!.
they also have only 2 parts of their body as opposed to insects that have 3!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
they also have only 2 parts of their body as opposed to insects that have 3!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Spiders are actually in a class of their own!. They're arachnids, not bugs!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Good question! I marked it as Interesting! I will ask God when I get to heaven! lolWww@Enter-QA@Com
because they have to be better than the other bugs so that they can encase them in a web and eat themWww@Enter-QA@Com
the need them to run faster than normal bugs because spiders are more yucky than reg bugs!! LOLWww@Enter-QA@Com
well don't the milipede or something have 1000!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
there arachanids <-- or something like that
there different to insectsWww@Enter-QA@Com
there different to insectsWww@Enter-QA@Com
to navigate their elaborate homesWww@Enter-QA@Com
Extra legs for spinning webs!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
So when you run from them they can catch up faster!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
because they are not a regular bugWww@Enter-QA@Com
Spiders are not bugs!Www@Enter-QA@Com
They are not insects, they are arachnids!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
to weave those beautiful websWww@Enter-QA@Com
thats how they are they couldnt balance with sixWww@Enter-QA@Com
So they can creep you out 2 times more!Www@Enter-QA@Com
They spin websWww@Enter-QA@Com
They don't need them, they want them!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
They spin webs!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
cause they are freaks of natureWww@Enter-QA@Com
in case they lose one or two lolWww@Enter-QA@Com