Sentences with phrase «by arachnid»

She's unfazed by its arachnid frame and menacing gait.

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If a robot has to have someone to program it with its command functions, which means that a mind is deeply involved, then what of ourselves as well as all the animals, insects and arachnids that are lead by instinct?

By far the most difficult pests to control are spider mites, barely visible eight - legged arachnids that build small webs on the underside of leaves and thus are hard to spot.

Associations in which a more vulnerable species gains protection by seeking out the company of a pugnacious protector species capable of deterring predators are more well - known among birds than among arachnids.

The study «fills a gap in the fossil record with an extremely well - preserved specimen» and may provide valuable clues about a species that has been «virtually ignored by zoologists,» adds Jason Dunlop, curator for arachnids at the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt - Universität in Berlin, Germany.

Computed tomography unlocked the mystery by allowing Garwood and his colleagues to peer inside the rock at the arachnid's walking legs and mouthparts, which are important for identifying the genus and species of this kind of creature.

The arachnids responded to this training by preferentially tightening the silky lines from their waiting place to the bountiful section of their webs, as reported online today in Biology Letters.

arthropod Any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthropoda, including the insects, crustaceans, arachnids and myriapods, that are characterized by an exoskeleton made of a hard material called chitin and a segmented body to which jointed appendages are attached in pairs.

In the study, Setton and Sharma show that a pair of genes, known as Sp6 - 9 and Dll, normally involved in telling a developing insect or arachnid embryo where to grow legs, has been co-opted by a group of arachnids to also help tell the embryo where to build its head.

As the market gets swallowed up by a core consumer taste leaning toward spandex and radioactive arachnid bites, there's a need for modern thinking, engaging directors to offer something different.

In yet another reboot of Spider - Man, Tom Holland appears as teen Peter Parker, transformed into the superhero after being bitten by a radioactive arachnid.

The Amazing Spider - Man 2 stars Andrew Garfield as the geeky high school student who develops amazing spider senses after being bitten by a genetically modified arachnid.

Unlike the alien - born Superman or the genetically evolved X-Men, Peter is just an average guy by nature; the amazing powers were thrust upon him by the fateful bite of an arachnid.

By studying live spiders, comparing and contrasting different types, and creating iterative versions of their drawings, students construct their own understanding about arachnids, which the teacher can easily assess through the works of art.

In fact, in my experience, most people fail with arachnids in general by overfeeding them.

Ticks, according to Healthline, are pesky arachnids with eight legs and an uncontrollable hunger that torments your precious pup by sucking the blood and life out of her day.

Mange is a skin condition caused by mange mites - arachnids that live in the skin and cause irritation for our companion animals.

Both take place on an isolated Federation outpost, Fort Casey, that's under attack by the Bugs, the arachnid enemy from the Robert Heinlein novel and the films.

Diluvion is an underwater exploration game by developer Arachnid Games in which you pilot a Steampunk-esque submarine through dark oceanic depths.

I, the 6ft 3 guy who visibly winced and hid behind popcorn when Sean Astin took on Shelob a few years back, am being followed by a giant shadowy arachnid that has thrice already impaled me with its leg and shaken me around until my limbs start falling off.

From Tate Modern in London to the Guggenheim in Bilbao and the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., Bourgeois» arachnid presences have been celebrated by critics and public alike.

They will be shown together with a series of paintings — sash - cord strung in a lattice - like grid — all inspired by an extended consideration of the wily and industrious arachnid.

Vector - borne diseases are illnesses spread by insects or arachnids (the vectors) like mosquitoes, fleas, mites, or ticks.