from Ecuador: www.flickr.com/andreaskay/albums
harvestmen (Order Opiliones) profile, photos, videos, county distribution map, and sightings in Minnesota.
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Published in Breviora, in 2011, in volume 528, pages 1-7
Colombian Amazon
View more at Opiliones Checklist: Harvestmen www.nickybay.com
View more at Opiliones Checklist: Harvestmen www.nickybay.com
Daddy longlegs, also known as harvestmen, belong to the order Opiliones, which includes over 6,600 known species. Though often mistaken for spiders, these arachnids have unique characteristics such as two eyes, fused body segments, and the ability to eat solid foods.
This colorful Harvestman was filmed in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador. Harvestmen or daddy longlegs are not spiders, but belong to the same class of Arachnida and to the order Opiliones. Contrary to a common belief Harvestmen do not have venom glands and are absolutely harmless. Harvestmen have been around for at least 400 million years and lived even before the dinosaurs.
Harvestmen are arachnids in the order Opiliones. The scientific name of this group comes from the Latin word opilo, which roughly translates to shepherd. At one time European shepherds used stilts to look over their sheep, and it is thought that the look of this arachnid’s body atop its long legs inspired the comparison. Harvestmen are referred to by many common names including shepherd’s spiders, harvest spiders, reapers, and here in the United States where our fauna is dominated by long-legged species, daddy longlegs.
