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Harvestmen Spider
Opilione Sp.
18.4539, 72.935
Field Notes
Description:
A Harvestmen Spider seen hunting a fly at night. The spider literally sucked the fly, threw it and ran away. Opiliones are known for their exceptionally long legs relative to their body size; however, some species are short-legged. They have no silk glands and therefore they do not build webs. Harvestmen have a pair of prosomatic defensive scent glands (ozopores) that secrete a peculiar smelling fluid when disturbed. In some species the fluid contains noxious quinones.
Habitat:
Seen at Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary.
Notes:
An urban legend claims that the harvestman is the most venomous animal in the world, but possesses fangs too short or a mouth too round and small to bite a human and therefore is not dangerous.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 13, 2013
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