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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Harvestmen (Opiliones)
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Unidentified Spider 2
Copyright © 2009 lika2009

Unidentified Spider 2
Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA
August 23, 2009
Size: The body part is 1/2 inch

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Contributed by lika2009 on 24 August, 2009 - 10:10am
Last updated 24 August, 2009 - 1:34pm

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… Kevin Hall, 24 August, 2009 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

Not a spider
This is a Harvestman or "Daddy Long Legs". They are arachnids, like mites, spiders, scorpions, and some other critters, so they're related to spiders but not spiders.

You've got a nice closeup, hopefully that will allow one of our arachnid gurus maybe to get you to family or genus level? Harvestmen have their own order within the arachnids called "Opiliones". If you click on the link above, you can read more about them there.
… Kevin Hall, 24 August, 2009 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for the correction
I did not know anything about Harvestmen before. It looked different than what I usually consider as a Daddy-Long-Legs. Leaning new things is exciting and fun. Thank you again.
… lika2009, 24 August, 2009 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
daddy long legs
I've heard daddy long legs used for two critters: harvestmen (that's what we called daddy long legs growing up) and long-bodied cellar spiders (here).

The easiest way to tell between harvestmen and real spiders is the fact that a real spider has a separate abdomen (the part on the back). Harvestmen have one fused disk in between all those long legs, so you don't see the separate abdomen.
… Kevin Hall, 24 August, 2009 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I think my husband and I call long-bodied cellar spiders as daddy long legs. I do not see them much in our new house but when we lived in the old house we used to see them a lot. Thank you again for ID and usuful information.
… lika2009, 24 August, 2009 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

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