Opiliones (Harvestmen)

iNaturalist might be more helpful, we specialize in spiders. A main difference between spiders and harvestmen is that harvestmen can chew solid food. They don’t have fangs to liquidize prey. They have a wider digestive tract. Spiders’ digestive tracts are narrow at the pedicel. That’s the spot, like a waist, where spiders have a narrow spot between two segments of their body. They only ingest liquids and small particles because they’re like a human with a Lapband device for weight loss. Big chunks of food can get stuck. I knew a man with a Lapband who kept getting hospitalized because… Read more »