Opiliones (Harvestmen)

Picture ID 58120

Submitted by:
ddemarchi
Submitted: Apr 24, 2019
Photographed: Apr 24, 2019
Spider: Opiliones (Harvestmen)
Location: Novato , California, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
Found in web?: No
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TangledWeb

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April 24, 2019 11:10 pm

Hi, we’ve been seeing a lot of these! It is an Opilione arachnid. They are different arachnids than spiders are, they have a different way of ingesting food and only one body segment. Spiders have two segments. The common name for it is a harvestman.