It is widely thought that 🕷️ mostly experience the world through their tactile and vibratory senses. However, vertebrates and invertebrates like insects can smell, so what about spiders? This comparative study identifies putative glomeruli in 🕷️👃🤨!
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Presumed Glomerular Neuropils in the Central Nervous Systems of Spiders (Araneae)
Spiders sense chemicals in their environment with particular sensory hairs (sensilla) on their legs and feelers. Chemosensory neurons inside these sensilla send their axons into the central nervous s...