Top 10 Arthropods that are Mistakenly Called Insects
For those who don't know what an arthropod is, it's an invertebrate animal of the large phylum Arthropoda, such as an insect, arachnid, or crustacean.There's a lot of arthropods who get easily mistaken for insects. And I've got a list of ten arthropods who get called insects, but aren't insects.
The Top Ten
1 Spider
People call them bugs all the time. Well guess what? They're not bugs! They're arachnids.
2 Scorpion
Scorpions are also arachnids.
3 Isopod
Isopods are crustaceans.
4 Water Flea
Despite the name, water fleas are crustaceans.
This doesn't look like an insect to me...
5 Trilobite
This extinct creature is not an insect, but belongs to its own class called Trilobita.
6 Copepod
Copepods (and other species of plankton) are crustaceans.
7 Centipede
Centipedes are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda. They are mainly carnivorous and they prey upon insects, spiders, small birds and rodents, and even other centipedes.
Centipedes are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda. They are mainly carnivorous and they prey upon insects, spiders, small birds and rodents, and even other centipedes. Same with millipedes. They're not insects because they don't have three legs.
Cross between centipede and millipede!
8 Millipede
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name being derived from this feature.
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name being derived from this feature. Millipedes can't be insects because insects only have three legs while millipedes have more than three.
9 Daddy Longleg
10 Woodlouse
Despite the name, they're not lice. They're crustaceans.
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