Talk:Spider

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Regardless of any controversies, you cannot say '120 families' in one place and '129 families' in another.

Very poor punctuation.

In addition to ommochrome, bilin and guanine, eumelanin, and carotenoids have been described in spiders.

• Hsiung, Bor-Kai; Blackledge, Todd; Shawkey, Matthew (2015-11-18). "Spiders do have melanin after all". Journal of Experimental Biology. 218 (22): 3632–3635.
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• Hsiung, Bor-Kai; Justyn, Nicholas; Blackledge, Todd; Matthew, Shawkey (2017-05-31). "Spiders have rich pigmentary and structural colour palettes". Journal of Experimental Biology. 220 (11): 1975–1983.
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There are too many images in the lead. I think it would be better if there were just three images representing the major modern groups; Mesothelae, Mygalomorphae and Araneomorphae. LittleJerry (talk) 00:09, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]