Tuesday 20 September 2011

Dicranopalpus ramosus

    Harvestmen are not Spiders but relatives.
    They belong to the Arachnid order Opiliones.
    Their bodies are fused into one unit.
    Harvestmen have two eyes. They do not produce silk.
    They ambush small insects and will even eat rotten vegetable matter.
    Mote Park
    Maidstone
    Kent
    09.09.2011

    With Mite
    Kingley Vale Nature Reserve
    West Sussex
    07.09.2011

    On a gate, heading down to the Sea
    Cuckmere Haven
    East Sussex
    08.10.2011

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