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Harvestmen

Photo by LuisStevens
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Field Notes

Description:

Although they belong to the class of arachnids, harvestmen are not spiders, which are of the order Araneae rather than the order Opiliones.
with very long legs. You can always find them in dark places and at the entrances of the caves. I think they are nocturnal. Also known as Daddy longlegs.

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Opiliones

Species ID Suggestions

Harvestman

Opiliones
oxyjack
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Comments (3)
LuisStevens
Thank you Oxyjack, Carlos Vargas and Ignacio Gamboa for the ID. I should have known better, spiders have 8 legs, insects 6. I didn´t count them because It looked like an spider.
Ignacio Gamboa
I think this is not a spider but a harvestman (Opilion)

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Mission
Mexico Horn of Plenty

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PublishedMarch 8, 2012

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