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Daddy Longlegs

Photo by Allen Hoof
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Field Notes

Description:

Light brown spider, with darker brown markings on the upper side of the thorax and abdomen, body about the size of a pea, legs 3-5 times as long as the body.

Habitat:

Montane meadow and coniferous forest ecosystem.

Notes:

Spotted on the wall of a washroom at Aspenglen Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park. Order Opiliones - Harvestmen or Daddy longlegs.

Reference Links:

Opiliones

Species ID Suggestions

Harvestman

Order Opiliones

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Aaron_G
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Comments (1)
Allen Hoof
Aaron: thanks for the lead. I note harvestmen are aka "daddy-longlegs", a name I recall from my youth--which is long past. As I recall, the creatures I associate with the second name had much smaller bodies than this spotting, but it's easy to see the physiological similarities between the two.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2014

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