Project Description
Barbados, St. Vincent
Whipspiders have 8 legs, like all arachnids, but use only 6 for walking. The front 2 have evolved into long, antennae-like feelers.
- Class: Arachnida (Spiders, Scorpions, Ticks, Mites)
- Order: Amblypygi (Whipspiders)
- Family: Phrynidae (Tropical Whipspiders)
- Species: Phrynus barbadensis