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A few Opiliones - Harvestmen - from around the garden last night and today.

A Dicranopalpus species sunning itself on the wall of the house. Immature.
Opilio canestrinii on the shed.
Phalangium opilio, male, with long palps and horn-like projections on its chelicerae.
Paroligolophus agrestis, a very common small-ish short legged harvestman.
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Koldkels.bsky.social

the bunny harvestman (metagryne bicolumnata) is an arachnid belonging to an order called opiliones. this one's gone viral across tumblr a couple times and i like it because it looks like a studio ghibli character. (they're not spiders--you can learn here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones)

bunny harvestman photo by andreas kay
bunny harvestman photo (close up) by andreas kay
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7/9/24 - nocturn

small hours
big time

3am - when fog doesn't lift
look for night music

during spider time - at 0330 it's
opiliones and Debussy
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Aajcann.bsky.social

Paroligolophus agrestis crib. #Arachnids#Opiliones#VC55

Paroligolophus agrestis
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Aajcann.bsky.social

Dachshund with a runny nose? No, it's Dicranopalpus ramosus! #Arachnids#Opiliones#VC55#Pareidolia

Dicranopalpus ramosus penis
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MDlagartixa.bsky.social

Discocyrtanus pertenuis reproduzida em cativeiro #aracnídeos#pet#harvestmen#opiliones

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JWjopabinia.bsky.social

Saw one also #InverteFest

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Aajcann.bsky.social
Aajcann.bsky.social

Whole Notta Love (In the Opiliorium) In which a gentleman is unsuccessful in love... Read more: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2024/08/whol...#Arachnids#Opiliones#VC55#UKWildlife

Opiliorium
Opiliorium
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