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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Harvestmen (Opiliones) » Eupnoi » Phalangioidea » Sclerosomatidae » Leiobunum » calcar species group (Leiobunum calcar species group) » Leiobunum nigropalpi
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Harvestman Feeding - Leiobunum nigropalpi - male
Copyright © 2007 Jon M. Yuschock

Harvestman Feeding - Leiobunum nigropalpi - Male
Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 10, 2007
A Harvestman feeding on a moth. Judging from the length of the pedipalps, I believe this is a male. Please correct if wrong. Also, I came across this individual while it was feeding so I don't know if the moth was scavanged or caught.
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Contributed by Jon M. Yuschock on 12 November, 2007 - 6:56pm
Last updated 10 March, 2010 - 10:17am

Moved
Moved from Leiobunum.

adult male; femur, patella & tibia of palps black. see here:

http://www.life.umd.edu/entm/shultzlab/opiliomd/Lnigropa/index.htm

excellent photo!!
… marshal hedin, 10 March, 2010 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Harvestmen.
… John R. Maxwell, 29 March, 2008 - 6:57am login or register to post comments

Family Sclerosomatidae, Leiob
Family Sclerosomatidae, Leiobunum. Probably either L. nigropalpi or L. nigripes. I wouldn't be confident about its sex without opening the genital operculum.

Palps are only sometimes good indicators of sex with harvestmen (unlike spiders).
… Charles D. R. Stephen, 24 November, 2007 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the info, Charles. I don't really know a whole lot about these creatures other than the fact that we have loads of them in our area.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 27 November, 2007 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

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