Unidentified

Picture ID 50851

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I found this spider when I shook out an outdoor sheet.

Submitted by:
savta
Submitted: Dec 28, 2018
Photographed: Dec 28, 2018
Spider: Unidentified
Location: Orinda, California, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
Found in web?: No
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TangledWeb

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December 28, 2018 9:01 pm

Hi, this looks like an Opilione, which is a different kind of arachnid than spiders are. They have all of their organs in a single segment of exoskeleton rather than the two that spiders have. They don’t bite.

savta

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December 28, 2018 9:04 pm

Thank you very much.