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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Harvestmen (Opiliones) » Dyspnoi » Troguloidea » Trogulidae » Trogulus » Trogulus tricarinatus
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Harvestman - Trogulus tricarinatus
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

Harvestman - Trogulus tricarinatus
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
February 9, 2012
Size: 5.2mm
Found under an old mattress in a tall grass field.

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Contributed by tom murray on 9 February, 2012 - 6:00pm
Last updated 13 February, 2012 - 7:13pm

Moved
Moved from Trogulus.
… tom murray, 13 February, 2012 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

incredible!
they look more like ticks than spiders..
… Edna Woodward, 9 February, 2012 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

 
they're kinda supposed to
the harvestmen have never been considered close relatives of spiders [well, not during the last ~150 yrs, at least], but, until fairly recently, were thought to be closely related to mites.
now it seems there is a consensus about their much closer relationship to scorpions & C°.
those sluggish armored jobs may be rather common in hardwood leaf litter in s. Europe; one or two made their way to New England.
i find them exceedingly cute.
… v belov, 9 February, 2012 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

 
If I understood it right
a friend that is into Opiliones said these are European harvestmen.
… tom murray, 9 February, 2012 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

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