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Harvestman

Phalangium opilio

Description:

A type of arachnid from the order Opiliones. Opiliones is a distinct order that is not closely related to spiders within Arachnida. They can be easily distinguished from even long-legged spiders by their fused body regions and single pair of eyes in the middle of their cephalothorax (spiders have an 'abdomen' that is separated from the cephalothorax by a constriction, as well as three to four pairs of eyes, usually around the margins of their cephalothorax).

Habitat:

Heverleebos.

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4 Comments

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

It may have been half my hand, counting the length of its legs :-)

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

oi, it looks huge :) Very cool!

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

¡Gracias Patricia! A mi tambien. Fijate, con el frio que hacia en el bosque y ahi estaba, tan pancho :-)

PatriciaPi
PatriciaPi 10 years ago

me encantan los Opiliones!

The MnMs
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The MnMs

Oud-Heverlee, Vlaanderen, Belgium

Spotted on Dec 1, 2013
Submitted on Jan 11, 2014

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