Harvestmen are often scavengers, like this one that came to eat from moth bait painted on the trees. They have eight long, skinny legs and rounded bodies. They crawl all over trees and logs, finding ...

Let’s start with what harvestmen are not. They are not men, nor do they harvest; they probably get their name from the time of year they’re commonly spotted, in late summer or early fall. Though eight ...

A research team from Munich has identified a previously unknown communication mechanism in harvestmen. Five closely related species show species-specific, strongly fluorescent structures on their ...

In the family of arachnids, harvestmen have always played Jan Brady to spiders' Marcia, with their charismatic array of predatory talents and perfectly straight blonde hair (kidding about that second ...

Harvestmen, or daddy longlegs, are common around East Texas. Worldwide there are more than 37 families of harvestmen, with 18 species reported in Texas. They may scare many people but they are ...

There are plenty of myths and misunderstandings about this leggy arachnid. To begin with, when people talk about daddy longlegs, depending on where they live, they may be referring to one of three ...

SPIDERS and daddy-long-legs are a familiar site in our households, often popping up unexpectedly in our bathrooms and kitchens. Crane flies, harvestmen and cellar spiders are all known as ...

Microcina leei may very well be the most obscure creature I’ve ever written about. It stumped Google Image; the accompanying photograph is of a very distant relative. It’s only a millimeter long and ...