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Opiliones
Brown in color, darker on top, and large legs.
Spotted at Inwood Hill Park New York, USA.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Opiliones
Spotted on Oct 4, 2020
Submitted on Apr 4, 2021
3 Comments
I haven't found out yet Jordi. Maybe they fight too much.. maybe as you say they release them as a defence.. maybe they just aren't very well connected in the first place. They look like they would make a popping noise when they come off. I guess they just grow another one next moult. Anyway so often they have seven or six or five.. haven't seen any with none yet though. LOL!
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Hi Mark, thanks for your comments, why is that? as a defensive strategy with predators?
Excellent. It's got the right number of legs too. So often they're one or too short.