This is a cross section through the eyes of a harvestman – more commonly known as a daddy longlegs. This arachnid is often misidentified as a spider, but it belongs to its own biological order, ...

For the little arachnid we are talking about, the harvestmen, claims it is the most venomous spider species is a myth. Harvestmen are arachnids but they are not true spiders! Firstly, they lack ...

The cool thing about fossils is that you never know what you’re going to find when you start digging – and even after decades of uncovering the past, there are still mysteries to solve.

When people refer to a daddy-long-legs spider, they’re most likely referring to a cellar spider or a harvestman, which is an arachnid but isn’t actually a spider, according to the University ...

They are often seen during late summer and early autumn, particularly around grassy areas. Harvestmen: These are arachnids ...

Often mistaken for spiders, harvestmen have eight legs. However, two of them, i.e., the second pair of legs, are used as antennae to become familiar with their environment by touch. In fact, it is ...

Bone Cave harvestman spiders in a cave in Travis County, Texas. (Photo via Piers Hendrie/Wikipedia Commons) (CN) — A rare species of blind, cave-dwelling spider in the Central Texas hill country will ...

"An annotated type catalogue of the sea spiders (Pycnogonida, Pantopoda) at the Natural History Museum, London" "An annotated type catalogue of harvestmen (Opiliones) at the Natural History Museum, ...