Perhaps it was merely a kind of arthropodal pack rat and wished to add you to its collection.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dig]

I could also add an ultrasonic fogger I found that's a volcano if the walls of the tank were a little higher: scorpions don't go up sheer surfaces like geckoes, but a rough plastic incline they could probably do, and the volcano's high enough to put them within reach of the edge, returning us to the arthropodal Ringworld Ringwall/Fist-of-God scenario I mentioned a couple of months ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [book (outgoing&incoming), mail, web, projects] Reference

I know they have there place in the ecosystem and all, and I respect that, it’s not like I’m applying some indiscriminate chemical of mass arthropodal genocide.    From Wordnik.com.  [madrigle Diary Entry] Reference

arthropodal sauna.    From Wordnik.com.  [arthropodal sauna] Reference

01:35 pm: arthropodal sauna.    From Wordnik.com.  [March 2003] Reference