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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-04-17 and was most recently seen on 2026-04-17.
Wikipedia Overview
The Opiliones are an order of arachnids,
colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, daddy long legs, or granddaddy long legs. Over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, although the total number of extant species may exceed 10,000. The order Opiliones includes five suborders: Cyphophthalmi, Eupnoi, Dyspnoi, Laniatores, and Tetrophthalmi, which were named in 2014.
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Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) as Overlooked Predators of Anurans in the Neotropics - Wiley Online Library
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Are daddy longlegs the most venomous spiders? - Britannica
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Digestion in the arachnid Mischonyx squalidus as a probable source of lipids to synthesize opiliones defense and communication molecules - nature.com
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Opiliones 3D makes cost-effective metal printing technology ready for industry - 3dprintmagazine.eu
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Skandarella vixe gen. et sp. nov., a new tricommatinae harvestman (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae) from chapada diamantina (Bahia, Brazil) - Wiley Online Library
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Arachnid care of eggs is a tactic for seduction and survival - agencia.fapesp.br
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A revised dated phylogeny of the arachnid order Opiliones - Frontiers
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Daddy Longlegs Seem to Hunt Frogs in South America, Revealing the Gangly Arachnids as Overlooked Predators - Smithsonian Magazine
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Why daddy longlegs are one of the most misunderstood creatures - AOL.com
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Citizen Science Doubled a 90-Year Record in Two Days, Revealing Why Animal Fathers Evolved - Tech Times
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New reapers discovered in Ecuador: arachnids that hunt and devour live frogs, key in ecological balance - Noticias Ambientales
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Evidence for fluorescence-supported species recognition in syntopic harvestmen - nature.com
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Vegetation Structure and Soil Composition Influence Opiliones Diversity Across Spatial Scales in Amazonia - Wiley Online Library
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An explosion of Opiliones - Why Evolution Is True
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Celebrating the misunderstood: Mercedes Burns featured in new book on North America’s overlooked critters - UMBC - University Of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Take a look at that: The eyes of the Opiliones - Indiana Public Media
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Anatomically modern Carboniferous harvestmen demonstrate early cladogenesis and stasis in Opiliones - nature.com
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Male dimorphism and mate guarding behavior in the harvestman Phalangium opilio (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangiidae) - Wiley Online Library
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First Biosynthetic pathway of 1-hepten-3-one in Iporangaia pustulosa (Opiliones) - nature.com
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Daddy longlegs got their long legs by reusing some old evolutionary tools - UW–Madison News
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Enormous "Daddy-long-legs" species discovered in Lao jungle - The World from PRX
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HUMBOLDT LIFE: Meet Opiliones, the Harvestmen! - Lost Coast Outpost
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How the daddy-long-legs gets long legs - nature.com
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Large New Species of Harvestman Only the Second in Its Genus - Entomology Today
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Female Phalangium opilio use fellatio to compensate sexual avoidance - nature.com
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Gotta Love Those Spiders | Bug Squad - ucanr.edu
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Daddy Longlegs Revisited (Family Phalangiidae) – Field Station - UW-Milwaukee
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Scientists engineer ‘daddy shortlegs’ to better understand spiders - ZME Science
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Animal of week for July 16: Harvestman (daddy longlegs) - The McDonald County Press
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Tricks of a seducer - Revista Pesquisa Fapesp
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Daddy Long Legs Are Not Spiders! (Spiders vs Opiliones) - YouTube
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Mark and Recapture Study for the Model Cave Harvestman, Sclerobunus ungulatus - National Park Service (.gov)
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New entomology curator wants to protect spaces and species in work at San Diego Natural History Museum - San Diego Union-Tribune
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New Species Of Daddy Long Legs Has A Foot-Wide Leg Span - Business Insider
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Daddy Longlegs : Fascinating Facts About Harvestmen - Hobby Farms
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Harvestman genome helps explain how arachnids got grasping legs - New Scientist
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Attack of Granddaddy Long Leg Spiders - Patch
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Long-legged harvestman (not a) spider hunts stink bugs - - The Vindicator
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Rapid recovery of locomotor performance after leg loss in harvestmen - nature.com
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Daddy longlegs are even stranger than they look - pennlive.com
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Scientists tweak daddy long legs genes to make daddy short legs - CNET
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Enormous Daddy Long-Legs Overtake the Seattle Center Armory - Colossal
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Opiliones Delta 3D printer from the Netherlands - 3Druck.com
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Daddy longlegs have two more eyes they’ve been hiding from us - ZME Science
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The Unsettling Reason This Building Appears To Be Growing "Fur" - IFLScience
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Bunny Harvestman in action, Metagryne bicolumnata, Cosmetidae, Opiliones - YouTube
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Daddy Longlegs With Leg Span of 12 Inches Discovered - SciTechDaily
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WATCH: Thousands of arachnids recorded in cringe-worthy Alaska video - Alaska's News Source
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Genetically altered daddy longlegs have short legs - phys.org
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This new daddy longlegs is named Smeagol, and it’s precious (and eyeless) - The Washington Post
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How two 60-foot arachnids came to life on a Seattle roof - KNKX
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New Arachnid Named for Lord of the Rings Character - National Geographic
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Arachnids: Spiders and scorpions are the tip of the iceberg - Earth.com
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Harvestmen Use Glue to Capture Prey - Entomology Today
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Spider With A Mysterious Black Bunny-Shaped Head Captured On Video In The Amazon - All That's Interesting
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Neuroscientists Have Successfully Removed Specific Phobias From People's Brains - ScienceAlert
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Bunny harvestman: Spider, dog, rabbit, and Totoro rolled into one? - FlipScience
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New 'Monster' Daddy Longlegs Discovered in Oregon - Mental Floss
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A 99-Million-Year-Old Erection Has Been Perfectly Preserved in This Fossil - ScienceAlert
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That Viral Video of a Spider Clump Doesn’t Actually Show Spiders - Slate
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High diversity of harvestmen in Atlantic Rainforest is associated with ancient geological events - agencia.fapesp.br
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Shoolini Researcher Makes History. Discovers New Species - Shoolini University
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Penis morphology in a Burmese harvestman - Improbable Research
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Giant, Foot-long Daddy Longlegs Discovered in Cave - Smithsonian Magazine
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Scientists bio-engineered a Daddy Long Legs to have short legs instead - Boing Boing
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Huge, Long-Legged Arachnid Discovered in Cave - Live Science
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Scientists discover a new species of arachnids in a cave in Mendoza - CONICET
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This Freaky Arachnid With a Black Bunny Head Is Totally Real, We Kid You Not - ScienceAlert
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This Tiny Arachnid With a Black Bunny Head Is Totally Real, We Kid You Not - ScienceAlert
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The arachnid arms race - RNZ
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Watch: No, It's Not Human Hair; It's A Nest Built By Harvest Spiders - News18
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People ‘absolutely horrified’ after man pokes what they thought was a 'pile of twigs' - ladbible.com
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Lord of Rings character gives its name to newly-discovered insect - The Mirror
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305-Million-Year-Old Daddy Longlegs Had Four Eyes, Fossil Reveals - International Business Times UK
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Tourists prod sleeping 'furry' animal only to get shock of their life - The Sun
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