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
Crane fly
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A crane fly, also known as a mosquito eater, or a mosquito hawk, is a member of the dipteran superfamily Tipuloidea, which contains the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipu
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…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 hollowed fangs but…
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Crane Fly Larva
Head of a Tipula sp.
Wing of a crane fly