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Harvestman

Opiliones sp.

Photo by Elsa
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Field Notes

Description:

Contrary to popular belief harvestman is not a spider - though they do belong to the class Arachnidae (wiki).

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Opiliones

Species ID Suggestions

Phalangium sp
João Burini
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Comments (10)
Elsa
Thanks a lot Vivianpoma! :D
ChunXingWong
Wonderful harvestman spotting. We do not have harvestmen like yours here. The harvestmen here in Sabah always have a limb missing, for example this http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7883888
Elsa
Thank you Curator of Good! :)
Elsa
Thanks alot Marta! :)
The MnMs
I love this picture, Elsa! I had not seen it earlier :-)
Elsa
Thank you for that kind compliment Saarbrigger :)
Saarbrigger
This the most beautiful shot I saw of a harvestman.

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