Aasivaq • Spider

Invertebrate - Araneae

Photo Credit: Spider in Kuujjuaq - Aqpik road nord by Maxim Larrivée, Montreal Insectarium - Espace pour la vie, (n.d.). Licenced with Permission. 

Spiders have eight legs, while insects have six, and they have neither wings nor antennae. Their body is separated in two parts instead of three like insects. The first part is called cephalothorax (comprising the head and the thorax fused together) and the second part is the abdomen. Spiders are voracious predators and consume large quantities of insects. Spiders tend to flee danger. Most of the time, if they bite, it is because the spider accidentally gets stuck between a person’s skin and another object (such as sheets, clothing or shoes) or when people try to catch or handle them with their bare hands. Almost all spiders are venomous but none of the species found in Quebec are capable of causing serious poisoning in human beings.

Wolf spider

Lycosidae

Photo Credit: Wolf spider by Katja Schulz, (n.d.). Licenced with Permission.

Wolf spiders have a rounded cephalothorax and abdomen that are as long as they are wide. They have 8 eyes in three rows.
 

Crab spider

Philodromidae

Photo Credit: Crab Spider by Katja Schulz, (n.d.). . Licenced with Permission.

Crab spiders have a flat cephalothorax that is longer than wide. They have 2 rows of 4 eyes.

Ground dwelling spider

Gnaphosidae

Photo Credit: Ground dwelling spider by Andrey Zharkikh/Icspiderlab, (n.d.). Licenced with Permission.

Ground dwelling spiders have a long flat abdomen from which two spinnerets extend. They 2 rows of 4 eyes.
 

(Description Source: Montreal Insectarium - Espace pour la vie)

 

Innu-aimun Common, type of spider: Pishku-enik(Source: Les Éditions Tshakapesh, 2018. Uashat, Quebec)

Cree

Term Dialect
Ahiipihchesuu Southern East Cree
Alapihkesiw L-dialect Cree
Ańapihkesiw N-dialect Cree
Ehepikʷ Southern East Cree, L-dialect Cree
Ihiipihchaasiu Northern East Cree
Otańapihkesiw N-dialect Cree

Dene

Term Dialect
Gohtsée Shıhgot’ıne (Mountain, North Slavey)
Góhsə K’áshogot’ıne (Hare, North Slavey)
Kelahdzeey Tanacross

English

Term Dialect
Spider Standard English

Greenlandic

Term Dialect
Aasiak Kalaallisut
Nissavarsuk Kalaallisut

Innu-aimun

Term Dialect
Anikuapesht Innu-aimun
Enikᵘ Innu-aimun

Inuktut

Term Dialect
Aahivak Inuinnaqtun, Nattilingmiutut
Aasivak Aivilingmiutut, Sallirmiutun
Akłaur̂aq Uummarmiutun
Mitjuajuuk Nunavimmiutitut - Sanikiluarmiut
Nanuujaq Kivallirmiutut
Niggiut Nunavimmiutitut - Sanikiluarmiut
Nigjuk Aivilingmiutut, Kangiryuarmiutun
Nijjuk North Qikiqtaaluk
Nitsuk Nunavimmiutitut - Sanikiluarmiut
Pilraisuqtuq Sallirmiutun
Âsivak Nunatsiavummiutut

Inupiaq

Term Dialect
Piḷġaiyuk North Alaskan Iñupiaq

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