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Harvestmen
6.02931, 116.73
Field Notes
Description:
A Daddy long legs a.k.a. Harvestman a.k.a. Opiliones.
This Sclerosomatidae species is common but I still can't identify it yet.
Harvestmen normally have 8 legs but this species usually have 7 legs only.
I'm not sure of this 7-legs phenomenon.
It has a grayish blue central body, orange pedipalps, orange long thin legs and black marks at it's leg joints.
It's front 2 legs act as antennas, always lifted high and active to examine it's surrounding.
Habitat:
On short leafy plants.
Under shadows in the forest, seldom exposed to sunlight.
Found in Poring Hot Springs Forest Reserves, Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia.
Notes:
while my family was enjoying the hot and warm spring water, I went to venture the forest of Ranau Hot Springs hoping I would find some interesting arthropods.
Sure enough, I found a few interesting and bizarre ones.
This is one of my best photographs in Ranau Hot Springs.
I have to use flash because the jungle there is shadowy.
I managed to take this (quite clear) photograph even though it is active and wont stop for my camera.
>>>Map accuracy : 1km radius.
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