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Wolf spider. Photo courtesy of Jim Rowan
 
Insect relatives

Insects are in the phylum Arthropoda. Included in this phylum are chelicerates (such as the spider to the top left), myriapods (such as the centipede below), and crustaceans (such as the crab bottom left).
Petra Sierwald, a lecturer at BugCamp, studies mating strategies in brown widow spiders.

 
Ghost crab. Photo courtesy of Jim Rowan.   House centipede. Photo courtesy of Jim Rowan.

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