Opiliones (Harvestmen)

Picture ID 51784

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Picture taken in the Kaimanawa Ranges in New Zealand. Couldn’t find anything that looked like it.

Submitted by:
kinaj
Submitted: Jan 16, 2019
Photographed: Dec 31, 2018
Spider: Opiliones (Harvestmen)
Location: Kaimanawa Ranges, New Zealand
Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
Found in web?: Yes
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CalumEwing

January 16, 2019 3:48 pm

This looks like one of the Harvestmen, rather than a true spider. They are in the Order Opiliones, a group of arachnids related to the spiders. Your specimen appears to have very long and prominent pedipalps like the Long-legged Harvestman, Megalopsalis sp. Have a look at http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/opiliones.php for some more help with this group.