> In a message dated 5/26/101 12:36:43 PM EST, mbinkley_at_columbus.rr.com
writes:
>
> << Now, that's an interesting idea. Are these actual spiders (arachnids)
or
> some other kind of arthropods? I've had worse stings from bees and
madtoms.
> >>
>
>
> Some are arachnids, and some are mistaken for spiders(ex. water
strider),
> but most can really bite, thats why I always make it a point to watch for
> them :) I'm not exactly the authority on water bugs or spiders, but I know
> some people who are really interested in them. I'd like to see a giant
water
> beetle in an aquarium, that would be interesting. One time one of my
science
> teachers had one, but I never got to see it because it crawled out of the
> aquarium and one of the kids mistaked it for a roach and killed it hehe.
> ___Dan McConnell Marshall, MI
>
>
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