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Perhaps a fishing spider? Found with others submerged in a water feature on farm near Kingston Ontario.
Unidentified
Picture ID 124736
Perhaps a fishing spider? Found with others submerged in a water feature on farm near Kingston Ontario.
This is a harvestman, not a spider.
Harvestmen are Arachnids, just like spiders, but their body is fused, whereas all other Arachnids have a segmented body. A spider’s body, for example, always consists of two segments: prosoma (“front body”) + opisthosoma (“rear body”). The proportion between “front body” and “rear body” can vary a lot, but you always can see two separate parts in a spider’s body.
Here you can find some more informatiom about harvestmen:
https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Eastern-Harvestman
Thank you. We thought it looked closest to a daddy long legs but they are 4 inches! None of us ever saw a daddy long legs that long and they are underwater.
You’re welcome 🙂
Some harvestmen do look like daddy long legs. No wonder this English common name may refer both to spiders such as Pholcus phalangioides and harvestmen in general (Opiliones).