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Harvestman (Order: Opiliones) perfectly camouflaged amongst the blue berry fruits of the weedy plant. Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) is not a spider, but another order of arachnids, also referred to as "daddy longlegs", "granddaddy longlegs", or "shepherd spiders". Its body grows to 1/4 inch long; unlike spiders which have two main body sections, it only has one. It has eight legs much longer than the spider's; and it has little knob on its head with two eyes. Unlike spider, it does not have venom glands, but it also eats insects.
Mount Makiling Forest Reserve in Los Baños, Laguna.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones
Spotted on Dec 28, 2015
Submitted on Jan 7, 2016
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