I believe that that’s a harvestman actually. It is an arachnid but not a spider. They are suuuper ancient. The giveaway is that there isnt a visually distinguishable division between the prosoma (head region) and opisthosoma (back region) as there is in the spiders and other arachnids like the solifuges.
There’s no reason to be afraid of Opiliones. Their mouthparts are the wrong shape and too small to do harm to a human. Also, unlike spiders, there are no known Opiliones with venom. Their chelicerae are for grasping only.
Like sea spiders, which aren’t even closely related s, but belong in the pycognids in the chilcerates, unusual because they respire through diffusion in their legs,
Yep! “Daddy long legs” is a widely applied colloquial term for harvestman, or opiliones. Though I’m sure some spider species are also called that by some people.
I believe that that’s a harvestman actually. It is an arachnid but not a spider. They are suuuper ancient. The giveaway is that there isnt a visually distinguishable division between the prosoma (head region) and opisthosoma (back region) as there is in the spiders and other arachnids like the solifuges.
I think arachnids that aren’t spiders scare me even more.
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There’s no reason to be afraid of Opiliones. Their mouthparts are the wrong shape and too small to do harm to a human. Also, unlike spiders, there are no known Opiliones with venom. Their chelicerae are for grasping only.
This person opilionates 👌
Like sea spiders, which aren’t even closely related s, but belong in the pycognids in the chilcerates, unusual because they respire through diffusion in their legs,
But… its head looks like a black bunny and its back looks like a greenish-yellow spider. Is that not a distinguishable division? 🤔 /s
This is why I have to turn autocorrect off every time it turns back on. Damn thing always turns its to it’s and it’s to its 😬
🐰 👕 🕷️ edit: ah it looked better vertically
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Oh damn, I didnt know that. Thanks!
I came here to say exactly this. Like, I wasn’t perfectly sure, but I was pretty sure this was a harvestment not a spider.
Same family as ‘Daddy Long Legs’? From my colloquial knowledge they eat mosquitos, so pay them no mind if your tent is crawling with them.
Yep! “Daddy long legs” is a widely applied colloquial term for harvestman, or opiliones. Though I’m sure some spider species are also called that by some people.
Given the colloquial meaning of daddy nowadays, that name tickles me greatly.
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