1. A Type of Spider Perhaps??? 2.
Jul 5, 2023 11:57:47 #
Another critter hanging around my potatoes. It would seem to be some type of spider.
Would the fly be a hover fly.
Dennis
Would the fly be a hover fly.
Dennis
Jul 5, 2023 13:02:37 #
Jul 5, 2023 13:10:22 #
Jul 5, 2023 14:13:36 #
Jul 5, 2023 14:14:02 #
kpmac wrote:
Nice set, Dennis.
Thank you kpmac. I appreciate you stopping by.
Dennis
Jul 5, 2023 15:28:37 #
Jul 5, 2023 19:54:57 #
dennis2146 wrote:
Another critter hanging around my potatoes. It would seem to be some type of spider.
Would the fly be a hover fly.
Dennis
Would the fly be a hover fly.
Dennis
Daddy Long legs?Jul 5, 2023 19:57:54 #
tinusbum wrote:
Harvestman
Thank you tinusbum for the identification. I will TRY to remember for the next time. I appreciate you and others who are willing to help out others who like to photograph these things but can't recall their names. I usually just go by Fred and Ethel but know that may not be the correct name.
Dennis
Jul 5, 2023 19:59:30 #
bcheary wrote: Daddy Long legs?
Daddy Long legs?Thank you becheary. That was my first guess too but I also saw a Daddy Long Legs this morning in my bathroom but he had a very sort body attached to the legs. This body is longer and much fatter with ribs going across it.
Thanks for your well meaning stab at it.
Dennis
Jul 6, 2023 10:24:52 #
It is indeed a harvestman and they are quite interesting. One of their traits is to sacrifice a leg if it is grabbed by a predator. Unfortunately, they don't grow a new one although they keep going about their business. Their eyes are uniquely different from the spiders which have six or eight.
The second find is a long-legged fly. - Enjoy your time in the field and keep sharing your finds.
The second find is a long-legged fly. - Enjoy your time in the field and keep sharing your finds.
Jul 6, 2023 10:56:48 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
It is indeed a harvestman and they are quite interesting. One of their traits is to sacrifice a leg if it is grabbed by a predator. Unfortunately, they don't grow a new one although they keep going about their business. Their eyes are uniquely different from the spiders which have six or eight.
The second find is a long-legged fly. - Enjoy your time in the field and keep sharing your finds.
The second find is a long-legged fly. - Enjoy your time in the field and keep sharing your finds.
Thank you sippy. I do plan to continue sharing what I find because these things are interesting especially to someone like me who has never paid any attention to them. I did know the harvestman was not a real spider and definitely not a daddy long legs type of spider. I just didn't know the name and definitely did not know they would sacrifice a leg and keep going. Interesting.
Dennis
Jul 7, 2023 17:15:06 #
Jul 8, 2023 09:32:46 #
Sylvias wrote:
Interesting set Dennis, certainly got long legs! 
Thank you Sylvia. Yes it does which is what made me initially think it was a type of daddy long legs spider. Instead, it is a Harvester and not a spider at all. Yesterday I got some better photographs of either it or a close relative I hope to post this morning. Lots of interesting critters wandering through my potatoes.
Dennis
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