The Journal of Arachnology, Vol. 37, No. 2 (2009), pp. 127-134 (8 pages) In this paper, we investigate the reproductive behavior of the gonyleptid Chavesincola inexpectabilis Soares & Soares 1946 ...

Harvestmen, the third most-diverse arachnid order, are an ancient group found on all continental landmasses, except Antarctica. However, a terrestrial mode of life and leathery, poorly mineralized ...

Males of several harvestman species fight for the possession of oviposition sites. Usually, males use spines and elongated appendages as weapons in these fights. Although males of many cranaids have ...

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Harvestmen are often scavengers, like this one that came to eat from moth bait painted on the trees. They have eight long, skinny legs and rounded bodies. They crawl all over trees and logs, finding ...

Daddy longlegs are arachnids, but they’re not spiders, although they’re often mistaken for them due to their similar appearance. Also called harvestmen, daddy longlegs are actually members of the ...

ARACHNOLOGISTS must unite in a vote of thanks to Drs. Hansen and Sörensen for their splendid achievement in producing their treatise on Arachnida. The volume, announced many years ago as in ...

Daddy longlegs, also called harvestmen, may number 10,000 species, of which scientists have documented roughly 6,500. They inhabit moist, dark places like tree trunks, leaf litter, and caves on every ...

Daddy longlegs will sometimes collect in large groups. Don’t mistake their dangling limbs for fur. By Katherine J. Wu Shortly before Halloween in 2018, an administrative building at Glacier Bay ...

Three kinds of insects are often referred to as a “daddy longlegs”. One kind of crane fly and one kind of spider. The third insect looks like a spider but is actually in a class by itself. What I ...