Ticks aren’t just forest-dwellers. They’re everywhere! In the city park or your beautiful suburban yard. Where you’re not as likely to see one is crawling around on your walls. Like that guy out there. Wait, this is no tick – it’s a crab spider! Easily recognizable from his longer four arms in the front, and shorter four back legs. Like a crab, yes. Must’ve been what the scientist who named it thought too! But it’s mostly the way they move that won them the nickname – they walk sideways like a crab on the beach. From a distance, it looks like a tick. Up close, not really at all. The crab spider’s body is broken up into two sections, like any ol’ regular spidey. Looking closely at a tick, you’ll notice its body is just one solid flat piece. Now, grab a magnifying glass and look closer! You’ll see crab spiders have 8 eyes. Ticks have none. Remember, they see the world by smelling with their feet. Ticks are parasites. They feed on us and other animals like walking juice-boxes! A crab spider has no interest in your blood. So don’t be so rude as to squish them. They’re trying to keep your house clean! #brightside TIMESTAPMS:
How to identify a crab spider 1:03
What do crab spiders eat? 2:18
Are they venomous? 3:29
The Giant Crab Spider! 3:41
Peanut-Headed Lanternfly 4:00
The caterpillar of the Elephant Hawk-Moth 4:30
Happy-Face Spider 5:15
The Leaf Bug 5:58
The Ghost Mantis 6:33
The Walking Stick 6:57
The Thorn Bug 7:16 The Tentacle Bug 7:46
The Troll-Haired Insect 8:33
The Emerald Moth Caterpillar 9:00 Hawaiian happyface spider: By Melissa McMasters, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74528278
Umbonia crassicornis (F. Membracidae): By Marshal Hedin, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24866505
Creatonotos gangis: By Hsu Hong Lin, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65446111
Wavy-lined Emerald – Synchlora aerata: By Judy Gallagher, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54723264
Caterpillar of emerald moth, Synchlora aerata: By Beatriz Moisset, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80857478
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