Opiliones
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The Opiliones are an order of arachnids, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, daddy long legs, or granddaddy long legs. Over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, althou
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Chilean harvestman (Pachyloidellus goliath)
North European harvestman (Leiobunum rotundum) body
A harvestman (a male Phalangium opilio), showing the almost fused arrangement of abdomen and cephalothorax that distinguishes these arachnids from spiders
Pholcus phalangioides
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Pholcus phalangioides, commonly known as the cosmopolitan cellar spider, long-bodied cellar spider, or one of various types called a daddy long-legs spider, is a spider of the family Pholcidae. It was
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…in the world; however, it possesses fangs too short or a mouth too round and small to bite a human, rendering it harmless (the same myth applies to Pholcus phalangioides and the crane fly, which are both also called a "daddy longlegs"). None of the known species of harvestmen have venom glands; their chelicerae are not…
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The eye arrangement of P. phalangioides