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Backyard Bugs & Other Arthropods: Spider & Insect Adaptations

14 minutes 44 seconds

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This episode focuses on the adaptations of arachnids and insects. Spiders inhabit backyards that design and build intricate silk webs. They have also developed numerous adaptations that make them efficient predators. Backyards also have insects living above and below the water's surface. More amazing adaptations are introduced including incomplete metamorphosis, eye development, and remarkable breathing apparatus. Part of the "Backyard Bugs & Other Arthropods" series.

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Runtime: 14 minutes 44 seconds

Hand holding a magnifying glass pointing to something on the ground. Caption: Do you see it?
Backyard Bugs & Other Arthropods
Episode 1
13 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Close up of a cockroach head and body. Caption: A bunch of 'em -- American cockroaches.
Backyard Bugs & Other Arthropods
Episode 2
11 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Spider with long narrow legs and a small narrow body at the center of a delicate spider web. Caption: Spiders are arachnids.
Backyard Bugs & Other Arthropods
Episode 3
14 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8