The spider was successfully removed by doctors at a hospital in Taiwan. An image shows the spider (front) and its molted exoskeleton (back) inside the woman's ear. Liyin Weng and Tengchin Wang ...

To wriggle out of its old exoskeleton, the spider lies on its side and slowly pulls out its legs, like someone peeling off a tight pair of jeans. Both male and female tarantulas molt several times ...

SHARE. Mating can be a real battle in the animal world, but peacock spiders leave their helmets behind—literally. This arachnid exoskeleton came from an adult male Maratus velutinus that shed his skin ...

Gaining nearly 50,000 views in less than a day, the video explains that the creature is actually just a female huntsman shedding her exoskeleton. It shows the spider wiggling its legs and body as ...

Snakes, spiders, and other creatures ... its fused head and upper body. ... “The spider’s new exoskeleton looks wrinkled and quite pale, not at all like its old one,” she adds.

In the real world, insects and spiders are arthropods – invertebrates (having an exoskeleton) with jointed appendages. However, spiders are not insects; they are arachnids, a group that also includes ...

Because they can see so well, jumping spiders can spot prey many feet away and leap distances that measure over 20 times their body lengths to catch ants, wasps, and other small insects.