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A large spider, web, in Western Australia.

A large spider lurks in a web near Perth in Western Australia. Spiders have eight legs and are not insects. Spiders (order Araneae, class Arachnida) are air-breathing arthropods that have chelicerae, grasping mouthparts with fangs that inject venom. Unlike spiders, insects have six legs and a pair of antennae.

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Image Size: 2629x3800 / 2.1MB; http://www.photoseek.com/; Animalia Arthropoda Australia South Pacific Southern Hemisphere WA Western Australia animal invertebrate nature wildlife spider arachnid animal animal
Contained in galleries: AUSTRALIA, WESTERN: Walpole-Nornalup, tingle, karri

A large spider lurks in a web near Perth in Western Australia. Spiders have eight legs and are not insects. Spiders (order Araneae, class Arachnida) are air-breathing arthropods that have chelicerae, grasping mouthparts with fangs that inject venom. Unlike spiders, insects have six legs and a pair of antennae.