This video says about itself:
2 eyes 8 legs Phylum Arthropoda – Arthropods /
Class Arachnida – Arachnids /
Order Opiliones – HarvestmenHarvestmen, also called Daddy Longlegs, are not spiders, but they are close relatives.
Unlike spiders, which have two main body sections, Harvestmen only have one. This one’s body is about 1/4 inch long. Harvestmen have eight legs like a spider. The Harvestman also has a little knob on its head with two eyes. They don’t possess silk glands, produce no webs, are non-venomous. They’re generally carnivorous, feeding on live invertebrate prey. Some species prefer to dine on dead animals or juices from plants, fruits and veggies.
Harvestmen release a foul-smelling odor as a defense against predators.
Translated from ARK conservationists in the Netherlands:
Sunday, August 10, 2014
In the Onderste Bos nature reserve in the south of Limburg province under a piece of wood the very rare harvestman Paranemastoma quadripunctatum has been found. This animal was in the forest edge in a nature reserve of ARK Natuurontwikkeling.
The weird mating habits of daddy longlegs: here.
Oooh, no. My house is full of harvestmen. They leave invisible webs like candy floss in every corner and cupboard. They drop the husks of sucked out woodlice all over the place. We are definitely not getting on well together!
Do you know which harvestman species this is?
Now you’re asking. I will try and investigate, but am assuming it’s whatever common variety we have in the UK.
Maybe this will help:
http://wiki.britishspiders.org.uk/index.php5?title=Category:Opiliones
Will get the scientist OH on to this. Our harvestmen are most like the Leiobunum rotundum, but they seem rather colourless compared to the photo. Perhaps they should leave the house more, or altogether. I definitely to not want to meet a Megabunus diadema.
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