Harvestman, Daddy Longlegs (Order Opiliones)

(Phylum Arthropoda>Class Arachnida>Order Opiliones)
Daddy Longlegs (Leiobunum sp.) Daddy Longlegs (Leiobunum sp.)
Orange Co., NC
19 Oct 2006

Common in NC, these Daddy Longlegs are not spiders but are related to spiders. They do not contain poison glands and thus cannot deliver a poisonous bite.

Daddy Longlegs (Leiobunum sp.) Daddy Longlegs (Leiobunum sp.)
Orange Co., NC
19 Oct 2006

Daddy Longlegs (Leiobunum sp.) Daddy Longlegs (Leiobunum sp.)
Orange Co., NC
19 Oct 2006

Harvestmen, like this Daddy Longlegs, are predatory on other insects. This one's munching on a small cricket.


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