Behold the multitude of Amazonian arthropods including spiders, scorpions, beetles, and mantids

Name: Behold the multitude of Amazonian arthropods including spiders, scorpions, beetles, and mantids
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Description: Among the arthropods of the Amazon Rainforest are spiders (including orb weavers and tarantulas), scorpions, centipedes, millipedes, butterflies, wasps, rhinoceros beetles, ponerine ants, mantids, and walkingsticks.

Among the arthropods of the Amazon Rainforest are spiders (including orb weavers and tarantulas), scorpions, centipedes, millipedes, butterflies, wasps, rhinoceros beetles, ponerine ants, mantids, and walkingsticks.

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