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- noun Plural form of
harvestman .
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The same pattern pops up a number of times in harvestmen - Caddo agilis, Caddo pepperella and (if I recall correctly) Crosbycus dasycnemus are all individual species that each show this kind of distribution (mind you, they're also all mostly parthenogens, so morphological conservatism may be hiding genetic diversity).
What do philomycid slugs and poison ivy have in common? AYDIN 2009
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Some daddy long-legs, also called harvestmen, order Opiliones are scavengers feeding on dead animals, including snails and slugs.
Archive 2008-10-01 AYDIN 2008
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Some daddy long-legs, also called harvestmen, order Opiliones are scavengers feeding on dead animals, including snails and slugs.
Daddy long-legs eating a snail AYDIN 2008
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They plan to learn more about spider-like creatures called the harvestmen and another species called Camptophyllia, which has yet to be classified by scientists.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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They plan to learn more about spider-like creatures called the harvestmen and another species called Camptophyllia, which has yet to be classified by scientists.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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They plan to learn more about spider-like creatures called the harvestmen and another species called Camptophyllia, which has yet to be classified by scientists.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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They plan to learn more about spider-like creatures called the harvestmen and another species called Camptophyllia, which has yet to be classified by scientists.cd. smith@imperial.ac.uk
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They plan to learn more about spider-like creatures called the harvestmen and another species called Camptophyllia, which has yet to be classified by scientists.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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These harmless creatures, more accurately called "harvestmen," are in the family Phalangiidae.
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More than 500 new species have been described or reported, including several mammals, one a new genus of otter shrew, more than ten amphibians and reptiles, several fish and arthropods, notably centipedes and harvestmen, and molluscs.
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire 2008
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