Parts of a Spider: Ventral View of Female Spider
Part of the Biodiversity Counts Curriculum Collection.
The Museum is an early voting site (enter at 77th Street).
Part of the Biodiversity Counts Curriculum Collection.
Chelicera: The first pair of appendages which in spiders has become modified into a stout basal part and a smaller distal segment, the fang.
Fang: The moveable distal segment of the chelicera, used to inject venom into prey.
Endite: The expanded base of the pedipalp used to filter particles from the spider's liquid diet.
Labium: A small plate forming the back edge of the mouth.
Sternum: A plate covering the ventral cephalothorax.
Coxa: The first element of the walking leg.
Lung slit: The external entrance to the book lungs.
Epigynum: The external female genitalia or sex organs.
Spinnerets: Fleshy finger-like appendages which emit silk from tiny spigots at their tips. Most spiders have three pair; anterior, median and posterior.