• Dicranopalpus ramosus male ©R.Winnall

    Dicranopalpus ramosus male ©R.Winnall

  • Dicranopalpus ramosus male ©R.Winnall

    Dicranopalpus ramosus male ©R.Winnall

  • Dicranopalpus ramosus female ©R.Winnall

    Dicranopalpus ramosus female ©R.Winnall

  • Leiobunum rotundum male ©R.Winnall

    Leiobunum rotundum male ©R.Winnall

  • Leiobunum rotundum male ©R.Winnall

    Leiobunum rotundum male ©R.Winnall

  • Leiobunum rotundum male ©R.Winnall

    Leiobunum rotundum male ©R.Winnall

  • Leiobunum rotundum males ©R.Winnall

    Leiobunum rotundum males ©R.Winnall

  • Leiobunum rotundum female ©R.Winnall

    Leiobunum rotundum female ©R.Winnall

  • Leiobunum rotundum female ©R.Winnall

    Leiobunum rotundum female ©R.Winnall

  • Leiobunum rotundum female ©R.Winnall

    Leiobunum rotundum female ©R.Winnall

  • Leiobunum rotundum male and female ©R.Winnall

    Leiobunum rotundum male and female ©R.Winnall

  • Leiobunum rotundum male and female mating ©R.Winnall

    Leiobunum rotundum male and female mating ©R.Winnall

  • Megabunus diadema, Bell Coppice ©R.Winnall

    Megabunus diadema, Bell Coppice ©R.Winnall

  • Megabunus diadema ©R.Winnall

    Megabunus diadema ©R.Winnall

  • Megabunus diadema ©R.Winnall

    Megabunus diadema ©R.Winnall

  • Megabunus diadema on log, Dowles ©R.Winnall

    Megabunus diadema on log, Dowles ©R.Winnall

  • Mitopus morio male ©R.Winnall

    Mitopus morio male ©R.Winnall

  • Mitopus morio male ©R.Winnall

    Mitopus morio male ©R.Winnall

  • Mitopus morio male ©R.Winnall

    Mitopus morio male ©R.Winnall

  • Mitopus morio female ©R.Winnall

    Mitopus morio female ©R.Winnall

  • Mitopus morio female ©R.Winnall

    Mitopus morio female ©R.Winnall

  • Mitopus morio female ©R.Winnall

    Mitopus morio female ©R.Winnall

  • Nemastoma bimaculatum ©R.Winnall

    Nemastoma bimaculatum ©R.Winnall

  • Oligolophus tridens male ©R.Winnall

    Oligolophus tridens male ©R.Winnall

  • Oligolophus tridens male ©R.Winnall

    Oligolophus tridens male ©R.Winnall

  • Oligolophus tridens male ©R.Winnall

    Oligolophus tridens male ©R.Winnall

  • Oligolophus tridens female ©R.Winnall

    Oligolophus tridens female ©R.Winnall

  • Paroligolophus agrestis ©R.Winnall

    Paroligolophus agrestis ©R.Winnall

  • Phalangium opilio male ©R.Winnall

    Phalangium opilio male ©R.Winnall

  • Phalangium opilio male ©R.Winnall

    Phalangium opilio male ©R.Winnall

  • Phalangium opilio female ©R.Winnall

    Phalangium opilio female ©R.Winnall

  • Platybunus triangularis, Postensplain ©R.Winnall

    Platybunus triangularis, Postensplain ©R.Winnall

  • Platybunus triangularis, Postensplain ©R.Winnall

    Platybunus triangularis, Postensplain ©R.Winnall

  • Platybunus triangularis ©R.Winnall

    Platybunus triangularis ©R.Winnall

Harvestmen (Opiliones)

Harvestmen are Arachnids, but they differ from spiders in having the abdomen and the cephalothorax fused together as one. The legs are usually long in relation to their body and they only have two eyes compared to spiders, many of which have eight eyes. There are 25 species of harvestmen in the UK, several of which live in the Wyre Forest.

Published 20th August 2011 at 6:41 pm

Classified: Arachnids, Database, harvestmen