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harvestmen

genus phalangium

Photo by KarenSaxton
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

There are over 6400 species of harvestmen worldwide. Sometimes called daddy longlegs, a name which is also given to two spiders

Habitat:

a colony of harvestman in the housing for our hot water heater where they gather when it is cold outside

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
KarenSaxton
I know - on both accounts. They were densest one week when temps dropped down to 10 f. Like chicks, they spread apart when it started to warm up. Once it warmed up above 45 they were gone.
Steve A
Arachnophobe's nightmare!

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Mission
International Spider Survey
Photographed
PublishedAugust 25, 2011

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