Not a spider

I spotted this “daddy longlegs” this weekend, and switched my camera to its macro setting for this photo (click the photo for a much expanded and detailed version):

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I looked it up today on Wikipedia and found out, to my surprise, that this animal is not technically a spider (even though it is an arachnid).  Rather than a “spider” daddy longlegs are “harvestmen,” belonging to the order Opiliones (spiders belong to the order “aranea.”

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Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.

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