Spider or insect?

Here are a number of statements describing characteristics of insects, spiders or both. Drag each statement to the category that fits it best.

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Both insect and spider

Spider only

Insect only

has an open circulatory system i.e no blood vessels carry the blood back to the heart, it just sloshes around the body cavity

must moult before it can grow

have an external skeleton and jointed legs

secrete juices that convert prey to a liquid that is sucked, not chewed

body in two parts, cephalothorax and abdomen

breathe through lung-books, tracheae or both

has eight legs

have a pair of chelicerae that are used to grasp prey when feeding

do not have antennae

young are much like a small adult that moult several times as they grow

jointed legs are joined to the cephalothorax

have glands in the abdomen which produce silk that is then exuded through spinnerets

most have eight eyes

many live in highly structured communities or colonies

has one pair of compound eyes and an ocelli for seeing

breathe through tracheae that open at paired spiracles

head has a single pair of sensory antennae

body divided into head, abdomen and thorax

all lay eggs and many types undergo a series of developmental changes called metamorphosis

three pairs of legs are attached to the thorax

may possess wings

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