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By definition, it cannot be an insect if it has eight legs.

There are many eight-legged arthropods that resemble insects and Spiders. The Harvestman has eight legs but is not a spider. It is part of the mite family. Ticks can be mistaken for insects or spiders, they have eight legs but are in a family of their own.

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Stuart MacKenzie

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Mostly correct, however ticks, spiders, scorpions and mites are all seperate orders of the class 'Arachnidae'. Mites are in an Order (not Family) of their own, taxanomically speaking.
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Spider or not a spider? That's a matter of opilione.

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8 legged brown bug on my daughtrrs back

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Spiders and octopus have eight legs.

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