by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Centipedes (Class: Chilopoda) These predatory terrestrial invertebrates have up to 177 flattened body segments, most of which have a single pair of legs. The first body segment has a pair of large venomous fangs (forcipules), used for hunting, which are a modified...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Leeches (Class: Clitellata) These segmented invertebrates, usually have a poorly-defined head and lack parapodia (‘legs’). The mouth is on the undersurface and the brain is located in one of the body segments. The jawless leeches are known to harbour malarial...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Spiders, Scorpions and Allies (Class: Arachnida) Australia has a reputation for having more than its fair share of dangerous spiders, with the funnel-webs and redback spiders topping the list. Spiders tend to instill more fear in humans than many other groups of...
