Florida's Arachnids
. This group of Arthropods are creepy, crawly, and (except for spiders, ticks, and scorpions), not very well-known outside of the entomological realm! If you found an Arachnid, snap a photo of it, and post it here. Help shine the light on these fascinating creatures.
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When it comes to Arachnids, FLORIDA does it GOOD! We've got a huge variety of these leggy creatures. Arachnids aren't just spiders. The Class Arachnida includes the following Orders:
Acari: mites and ticks
Amblypygi: tailless whipscorpions
Araneae: spiders
Opiliones: harvestmen or daddy-longlegs
Palpigradi: micro whipscorpions
Pseudoscorpiones: pseudoscorpions, bookscorpions, or false scorpions
Ricinulei: hooded tickspiders
Schizomida: short-tailed whipscorpions
Scorpiones: scorpions
Solifugae: wind scorpions, camel spiders, sun spiders, solpugids
Thelyphonida: whiptailed scorpions, vinegaroons, uropygids
