In many arachnids, such as spiders, the pedipalps are enlarged in the male and used for copulation. Peduncle The stem of a flower. Perennial Any plant that lives more than three years.
I submerged the entire plant and soaked it for a few hours in there but I'm not really sure how much that helped, since most arachnids can live up to 24 hours underwater.
While they are in the arachnid family, and spider-like in appearance, they aren't actually spiders. They don't have silk glands, can't make webs, are not venomous, and are more closely related to scorpions, ticks, mites, centipedes and millipedes.
These arachnids are better known as sunspiders or windscorpions. They are nocturnal and are encountered between dusk and dawn.
A: Your description fits the symptoms of a cyclamen mite infestation. This tiny arachnid (spider relative) establishes itself in the growing point of the plant and all subsequent growth is crippled, distorted and stunted.
However, if I could modify your question to what's the most beneficial arthropod--the group (phylum) that includes insects and arachnids — then the answer would be simple: Spiders are the unsung heroes in the garden.
 See also: Plant, Insect, Spider, Water, Genera
  
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