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Opiliones

Photo by TamaraMiranda
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Urbanized area

Notes:

Last pic: thanatosis

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Comments (3)

I love fun facts! Thanatosis -- wow. Thanks for the explanation.
Thanks Irene Brandy! But it isn't courage! Hahaha! Harvestman (Opiliones) are not unknown to me. I don't know to identify the species to which they belong, but I know that arachnids of this Order don't have poison and don't usually bite. Defend themselves using a "gun of smell" and this, in particular, defended pretending to be dead (thanatosis), which was a surprise, I had never seen a harvestmen do thanatosis. :)
I congratulate you on your bravery to let an unknown arachnidish creature roam around on your hand! Bravo!

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