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minus-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 days agoI came here to say exactly this. Like, I wasn’t perfectly sure, but I was pretty sure this was a harvestment not a spider.
minus-squareZeffSyde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-215 days agoSame family as ‘Daddy Long Legs’? From my colloquial knowledge they eat mosquitos, so pay them no mind if your tent is crawling with them.
minus-squarefrigidaphelion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoYep! “Daddy long legs” is a widely applied colloquial term for harvestman, or opiliones. Though I’m sure some spider species are also called that by some people.
I came here to say exactly this. Like, I wasn’t perfectly sure, but I was pretty sure this was a harvestment not a spider.
Same family as ‘Daddy Long Legs’? From my colloquial knowledge they eat mosquitos, so pay them no mind if your tent is crawling with them.
Yep! “Daddy long legs” is a widely applied colloquial term for harvestman, or opiliones. Though I’m sure some spider species are also called that by some people.