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DebinSC Georgetown, SC(Zone 8a) Jun 02, 2007

Found this guy hiding from the rain on my hollly fern this morning.
Anyone know his name?
Thanks,
Deb

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jun 03, 2007

Deb, your 8-legged critter is one of the Harvestmen from the Order Opiliones. They are related to the spiders but different from them. Sometimes called Daddy-long-legs, but that name really belongs to a spider.
Yours looks very similar to this one: http://davesgarden.com/bf/showimage/1161/

Kennedy

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DebinSC Georgetown, SC(Zone 8a) Jun 03, 2007

Kennedy: Thanks! At first it looked to me like what we call a "Grand daddy long-legs", but their bodies seemed rounder and smoother than this guy, without those little nodes at the base of the legs. So, I was on the right track, but would've never found the train. :)
Appreciate the I.D.
Deb

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