Phalangium opilio

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This is another new species for the garden, and they all appear to like my shed wall for some reason. This is a lovely female.

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A long-legged harvestman with an indistinct and variable light gray or brown body pattern. The saddle has one or two restrictions along its length giving it a waisted, or double-waisted appearance. Males have a large spur or horn projecting from the anterior surface of the first cheliceral segment. They also tend to have long, thin pedipalps relative to those of other harvestmen and usually are blacker in colouration than the females.

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Found in well vegetated areas such as gardens, brownfield sites, grassland and open woodland. Seen on walls and vegetation.

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