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Grandaddy Long-Legs

Opiliones sp.

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Field Notes

Notes:

These spiders remind me of what we call "grandaddy long legs". They are always congregated in this spot. It is the top of a pipe where water flows into a small pond. The little kids always get excited seeing them. Lol. The week before this group was just all brown, this time they had white spots on their legs.

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Comments (2)
Cammie C. Jeffries
LuckyLogan, thanks for the scientific name. I'd love to find the exact name, but I'm too much of a spider phobe to do the research. Lol
LuckyLogan
You are right, they are called daddy long-legs here in the U.S. but they are called harvestmen (Opiliones) everywhere else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWASwBWyUXI here a video of a large mass of them. It makes me feel like they are crawling on me just watching.
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PublishedMay 19, 2014

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