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 |