MacArthropods? What are They?

Arthropods are animals without backbones or internal skeletons. Instead, they have exoskeletons, that is, external skeletons, bodies that are segmented, and jointed appendages. In fact, the word arthropod means "jointed leg."

Among this group of animals are:

Insects

Arachnids (Spiders)

Crustaceans (Crabs, Lobsters, Crayfish)

They are incredibly divergent in form and ecological function, and biologists have identified over a million species -- more than 80% of all identified living animal species.

Arthropods photographed by me, are known as MacArthropods ... heretofore, recognized thus by ONLY ONE BIOLOGIST IN THE WORLD!

That would be ... me.

Here are some MacArthropods.

Honey Bee on Blue Vervain

Cabbage Butterfly on Deptford Pinks

Dagger Moth

Damsefly

Chinese Mantids Making More Chinese Mantids

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on Milkweed

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