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Count the legs—harvestmen in a rotting log

I broke a piece of wood of a very rotten log and there were THOUSANDS of harvestmen inside. They went nuts when I broke off the wood. Sorry guys, didn't mean to hurt your house. I'd never heard of harvestmen inhabiting rotten wood.

 

ID update: These are Cosmetid harvestmen.

 

Close up here:

www.flickr.com/photos/30556460@N03/15333222907/

 

Nice piece on how they trap prey:

entomologytoday.org/2014/10/02/harvestmen-use-glue-to-cap...

 

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Uploaded on October 12, 2014
Taken on October 9, 2014