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The Centipede is a ferocious predator

Posted on October 15, 2011 by weehingthong

______________________________________________ CENTIPEDES (from Wikipedia) There are 8,000 species of centipedes. Centipedes (from Latin prefix centi-, “hundred”, and pes, pedis, “foot”) are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda. They have one pair of legs per body segment. … Continue reading →

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TARANTULAS & THEIR NEMESIS, TARANTULA HAWKS

Posted on October 9, 2011 by weehingthong

_______________________________________________ TARANTULAS The word “tarantula” has been applied to several very different kinds of spider. The spider originally bearing that name is one of the wolf spiders, Lycosa tarantula, found in the region surrounding the southern Italian town of Taranto. … Continue reading →

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