Arachnida World
View allAll Photos Tagged longlegs
There are around 25 species of harvestmen to be found in the UK, usually they are nocturnal but a few are day-active like this one seen here. They may resemble a spider but harvestmen are in fact arthropods and unlike spiders harvestmen have only one segment, are mainly omnivorous, do not have any venom glands or silk glands. The name Harvestmen is said to have come about because they are meant to be most conspicuous in the fall at harvest time although they are also most commonly known as Daddy Longlegs.
For an enjoyable view, find a Reddish Egret and watch it for awhile. It will perform like few other birds, running around, stop-starting, raising its wings like an umbrella shading the water, crouching and stretching...all to "scare up" some fish for a snack.
I have seen other egrets mimic this behavior occasionally.
Greater Yellowlegs have long bills, about 1-1/2 times the size of their heads. Their smaller cousins, the Lesser Yellowlegs have bills equal to the size of their heads.
This Greater Yellowlegs used his long, bright yellow legs to wade in the lake at Merritt Island NWR.
With its long legs, long neck, smallish head, and long upturned bill, the American Avocet presents a very elegant image.
There were a large number of avocets at Merritt Island NWR, but this one was off by itself for a stroll across the marsh lake. In breeding season his white head and neck will become a rusty color.
This picture of a Limpkin was taken on my last trip to Florida (Feb. 2020), where I wish I could be right now. Every year for the last nine years, we made a February trip to Florida, where I happily photographed my feathered friends.
With luck, Covid will be behind us by next February...wait for me.
While shooting the blue hydrangea, a little Opiliones (Harvestman or Daddy longlegs, ‘Zatoumushi’ in Japanese) was slowly passing by on the flower. It was probably Leiobunum japonicum (‘Moegi-zatoumushi’).
Black-neck stilt is one of the most elegant looking water bird imho and can be the most fierce birds when defending its nest.
In the 51 years I have been prowling the forest behind our home I have never seen this fungi. Then a couple of weeks ago I came upon one six foot long log with at least five clumps of these beauties. If anyone knows what they are let me know please.
yellow forest fungi
something new in the neighborhood
and daddy too
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
on the common milkweed...
You should avoid killing daddy longlegs, not only because there are alternative ways to move them along without harming them, but they also prey on smaller insects and so work to our advantage when it comes to insect control.
I thought this was a Daddy Long Legs but Dougie Ritchie tells me it is a Harvestman, an Arachnid.
The daddy longlegs is actually a large type of cranefly, of which there are 94 species in the UK. The urban myth that daddy longlegs are venomous is just that - a myth! It's true that they cannot bite, but the venomous rumour is likely to have been due to its confusion with certain species of spiders.
The Wildlife Trust
Have a lovely weekend everyone
It's a Common Harvestman (Phalangium opilio), aka daddy longlegs. The legs were too long to fit them all into the frame, but I'm sure you get the idea.
JARDIN BOTANIQUE ALPIN "LA JAŸSINIA" - Samoëns
Ce jardin botanique classé Jardin remarquable a été créé en 1906 par Marie-Louise Cognacq-Jaÿ, fondatrice de La Samaritaine
Black-Necked Stilt ~ (Himantopus mexicanus)
A Black-necked Stilt takes a walk on the wild side. Happy World Photography Day, everyone!
Thanks for visiting!
This daddy-longlegs spider seems to have taken up residence behind my refrigerator. We've crossed paths several times in the kitchen lately.
moon watching and star gazing just before 10p.m last night, 16th September.
I wanted you all to share this lovely moment with me :) a tad cool last night so you needed a fleece jacket on but the Harvest Moon (full moon) was a beauty! What you can't see is the huge amount of Crane Flies ( Daddy Longlegs) hatching from our lawn...it was like being in Fairy Land...the large amount of spiders in the garden will be having a midnight feast! :))
Enjoy your day everyone :)
Daddy longlegs or it's common name Crane Fly are found worldwide and divides into over 15000 species.
This is the same awesome spider that I posted five images back, but this time in living color, not black and white. I like those long, splayed out legs!
I've done some research on this spider and can't seem to ID it properly. Some have suggested it may be a Lynx spider and it has many characteristics of that species, but in all the images of that species I never saw the marked white stripe down the top of the spider's abdomen there towards the back. I may be wrong, of course.
Would appreciate if anyone recognizes it and lets me know what it is so I can post it :)
Have a great week everyone!
Nie zuvor habe ich einen solchen Burschen gesehen. Hier ist er nicht wirklich gut getarnt. Wenn ich ihn schon entdecken konnte, kann es ein Vogel erst recht :-)
Not a very good camouflage environment for this pretty beetle.
Taking a very slow walk through the flower garden, I often see small creatures that would be missed on any given day. It's small game hunting with a camera.
Daddy Longlegs are also called Harvestmen. They are in the order of Opiliones, an order in the class Arachnida (spiders, scorpions, mites). Check out the link below for more information.
mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/daddy-longlegs-har...
A great grey heron feeding in the St Stephen's Green pond in Dublin city-centre.
This is from my September archives as the weather has been so bad lately I haven't ventured far from home with my camera.
I truly admire these birds for their amazing construction skills. Some of the places they nest makes you think how the devil they got the first stick to stay there.
Please don't think I was disturbing it. This was on a lamp post in a car park by a harbour.
One last Avocet shot. I tried to be patient and wait for them to come to me, and have done so in the past with success, but on this occasion they seemed to have a magic line that they would not cross. As carefully as I could I tried to slowly inch in closer, but inevitably they would take off, and circle back to settle back down a little bit farther away. Smart birds I suppose. I was not meaning to stress them or anything, and I think I was more of an inconvenience to them as opposed to being an out and out threat. During the two times that they did temporarily take to flight I had a chance for some in flight shots. They are fairly slow in the air in my opinion so perfect for someone like me who does not spend much time in capturing birds in flight.
Detail is only so good, partially because of my panning ability and partly because of the distance as this is a crop to original pixels without any reduction at all. Still I am quite happy to get what I did.