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Rick00 Sydney, Australia Dec 04, 2013

I was out in the bush the other night shooting some footage and got a shot of this little guy, I have had a look on various spider ID sites but still can not put a name to it.
Anyone got any ideas?
Found near Sydney Australia

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Dec 05, 2013

The reason you couldn't find a match for this is that it is not a spider. It's a harvestman (aka 'daddy long-legs'), an arachnid in the order Opiliones. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones

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Rick00 Sydney, Australia Dec 06, 2013

Thank you very much Flapdoodle. I have been taking macro for the past 5 years and have never seen one, I am amazed at my own ignorance and excited to have learnt something new.

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