Unidentified

Picture ID 143663

Picture of unidentified spider

Comments & ID Thoughts

i thought it was a daddy long legs until i looked closer

  • Submitted by: 
    bananaswoof
  • Submitted: Jul 30, 2021
  • Photographed: Jul 29, 2021
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: boyle, Alberta, Canada
  • Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes:
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TangledWeb

Cool! I was recently writing about how Harvestmen/Daddy Long Legs can be found in fake-looking colors. I didn’t know there are blue ones too. The gold appendages are weird too. There might be blue microrganisms in the area, the wood is stained blue. I’ve seen that before on dead trees in the Appalachian Mountains in New Hampshire. My outdoor spiders sometimes pick up a green tint from Algae. It is possible that it is a blue Harvestman https://bugguide.net/node/view/34365/bgimage It may be in genus Leiobunum of Opiliones. They aren’t spiders, so they aren’t our specialty. They’re in Class Arachnida, but order… Read more »