Opilione

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comments (4)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Nice closeup of their enormous legs. Promoted. Posted 12 years ago

Pudding4brains

Lion

Howdy, changed the ID on this one ... Posted 8 years ago
1. Joost Thissen
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, I find it difficult to correctly identify these opiliones. Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Pudding4brains
    
    Lion
    
    Hi Joost,
    Fortunately there are not too many species in NL, but they still can be tricky. This one is called "Rode Hooiwagen" (Red Harvestman). The males of this species have a reddish body, much like the males of our native Leiobunum rotundum and blackwalli indeed, BUT the trochanters (the little bulbs connecting the legs to the body) of the Leiobunums are blackish and on this species these are orangy-red.
    Here are some nice overviews:
    Sclerosomatidae on wrn (incl. Leiobunum) : http://waarneming.nl/familie/view/14096
    Phalangiidae on wrn (incl. Opilio) : http://waarneming.nl/familie/view/11981
    Opiliones by Jan van Duinen : http://www.janvanduinen.nl/opilionesengels.php
    Harvestmen of NRW (Axel Steiner) :
    http://www.natur-in-nrw.de/IMG/Tiere/Spinnen/Weberknechte/Uebersicht/weberknechte-fotos.html Posted 8 years ago

The Canestrini's Harvestman

''Opilio canestrinii'' is a species of harvestman. ''O. canestrinii'' probably originates from Italy, but has invaded central Europe since the late 1970 and has since almost everywhere replaced the similar ''O. parietinus''. It is most often found on house walls.

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Similar species: Harvestmen

Species identified by Pudding4brains