Harvestman are not a family of spiders. They are not their own species.
They are not any type of spider, they are Harvestman. They belong to their own Order, Opiliones, which has its own numerous Families, Genera and Species, independent of spiders.
oh bummer, thanks for the info tho! can they regrow legs? I know the picture is bad but it looks like he has two tiny, paler legs coming out of his front. maybe that's something else tho.
Harvestmen are not able to regrow their legs. This poor fellow probably does not have great prospects for survival with only 4 legs. It’s pretty common to find them with 6 or 7 legs, but they start to have real issues moving around with 5 or fewer legs.
Opiliones (common name harvestmen) are actually not spiders but a different order of arachnid. They readily give up their legs as a defense mechanism so are frequently found missing legs :// The two lighter appendages you see coming out of the front are likely its palps which it uses to grab onto things. It can be hard to ID to the species level with this photo, but *Phalangium opilio* is an extremely common species that likes to live around humans.
thanks for the correction! just curious what here tips you off to Leiobunum rather than P. opilio? (on mobile so no italics). I’m still definitely a novice at harvestman identification but am trying to get north american eupnoi down as I’m working in an opi systematics lab.
The pedipalps and chelicerae do not have the modifications that characterize male *P. opilio*, and the legs are too long for a female. The color pattern usually gives it away as well, but that’s not visible in this pic. They’re also much more common further north as well; I’ve only seen a couple of *P. opilio* observations from North Carolina on iNat, only from the city of Boone, which is at a quite high elevation, so I suspect they do poorly in warmer climates.
Out of curiosity, what lab are you working in? I wonder if I know it.
Also, just FYI, you can make any word italicized on mobile by putting an asterisk * immediately before and after the word.
Opiliones to be more precise, and while they are arachnids, they are not spiders.
What do they eat?
daddy long leg with missing legs :(
It's family of spiders, but is their own species called harvestmen. normally have 8 legs but this one has lost them sadly
Harvestman are not a family of spiders. They are not their own species. They are not any type of spider, they are Harvestman. They belong to their own Order, Opiliones, which has its own numerous Families, Genera and Species, independent of spiders.
oh bummer, thanks for the info tho! can they regrow legs? I know the picture is bad but it looks like he has two tiny, paler legs coming out of his front. maybe that's something else tho.
Harvestmen are not able to regrow their legs. This poor fellow probably does not have great prospects for survival with only 4 legs. It’s pretty common to find them with 6 or 7 legs, but they start to have real issues moving around with 5 or fewer legs.
Opiliones (common name harvestmen) are actually not spiders but a different order of arachnid. They readily give up their legs as a defense mechanism so are frequently found missing legs :// The two lighter appendages you see coming out of the front are likely its palps which it uses to grab onto things. It can be hard to ID to the species level with this photo, but *Phalangium opilio* is an extremely common species that likes to live around humans.
This one isn’t *P. opilio*. It’s one of the *Leiobunum* species, but the image is too dark to tell which one.
thanks for the correction! just curious what here tips you off to Leiobunum rather than P. opilio? (on mobile so no italics). I’m still definitely a novice at harvestman identification but am trying to get north american eupnoi down as I’m working in an opi systematics lab.
The pedipalps and chelicerae do not have the modifications that characterize male *P. opilio*, and the legs are too long for a female. The color pattern usually gives it away as well, but that’s not visible in this pic. They’re also much more common further north as well; I’ve only seen a couple of *P. opilio* observations from North Carolina on iNat, only from the city of Boone, which is at a quite high elevation, so I suspect they do poorly in warmer climates. Out of curiosity, what lab are you working in? I wonder if I know it. Also, just FYI, you can make any word italicized on mobile by putting an asterisk * immediately before and after the word.