Life On A Quarter Acre

Phalangium opilio (European Harvestman)

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The European Harvestman (Phalangium opilio) is native to Europe and north Asia, but is now found throughout the Holoarctic realm, and has been widely introduced elsewhere. It is now the most common species of harvestman in the world, and is most common in anthropogenic habitats.

This is the only species of harvestman (daddy-long legs) that I've seen in the yard. There are ten other Opiones (Harvestmen) taxa that have been observed on iNaturalist, but they were all found in natural areas outside of cities. So this may be the only species of Harvestman that is living in the yard.

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