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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Harvestmen (Opiliones) » Eupnoi » Phalangioidea » Globipedidae » Desert Harvestmen (Eurybunus)
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Unknown Spider or Insect - Eurybunus
Copyright © 2010 Reverend Machine

Unknown Spider or Insect - Eurybunus
Indio HIlls, Riverside County, California, USA
March 23, 2010
Size: 1/4 Inch
Its is a strange little guy never seen one like it around before. Walks like a spider but behaves like an insect going for the light rather then away from it. Not sure what to make of it. It apears to have 6 legs of equal size 2 much longer legs, and 2 very tiny feelers, feelers and 2 what could only bedescribed as fangs thought there is no fang visable merely what resembles a fang sheath on a spider.

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Contributed by Eduardo Cruz on 23 March, 2010 - 4:38am
Last updated 8 April, 2015 - 8:40am

Moved
Moved from Harvestmen.
… marshal hedin, 21 April, 2010 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 April, 2010 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

Harvestman (Order Opiliones).
In fact, it looks like it might be one of the Desert Harvestmen in the Genus Eurybunus:



But I'm not an expert, so I may be wrong about the genus.

Harvestmen are arachnids, like spiders, but they have no venom. You can read more about them in the Guide here.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 March, 2010 - 6:09am login or register to post comments

If you look carefully...
you'll notice that it has 4 legs on one side, so it's an arachnid- I would suspect a harvestman, Order Opiliones. I'm sure someone who knows more than I do will take the ID further and/or correct it
… Chuck Entz, 23 March, 2010 - 6:05am login or register to post comments

 
!!!!!!!!!!
I had one of these in my old apartment in Downtown San Diego. I saw it out of the corner of my eye when I was falling asleep one night reading. I only had a reading light on, but it never came close to the light. It moved like it had been drinking all night and it freaked me out so bad I ran out of my apartment and stayed with a friend that night. Along with that INSANE bug I had centipedes, huge roaches, and to say the least, I moved. But, before I moved I insisted that my land lady had someone look at the crazy bug (it died sometime in the night..) and she told me it was some kind of silverfish.. I didn't believe it then, and I don't believe it now. I'd love to know what this thing would have done to me if I would have fallen asleep 10 minutes sooner.
Thanks
… ren georgie, 17 April, 2010 - 2:46am login or register to post comments

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