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harvestman

[hahr-vist-muhn] / ˈhɑr vɪst mən /
NOUN
arachnid
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From 1936 through 2025, published scientific studies documented parental guarding behavior in only 80 harvestman species.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

Three arthropod species were named for him by other scientists — a spider, a millipede and a spider relative called a harvestman.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

The user also tested it out and found some poor results: “One of my harvestman photos was IDed as a jumping spider, one as a termite, and another one as a crane fly.”

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2022

In the harvestman genome, the team pinpointed a number of genes that are also known to control the development of legs in insect species.

From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021

"You're a harvestman," she began, quite out of breath from hurrying.

From The Tale of Daddy Longlegs Tuck-Me-In Tales by Harry L. Smith

More than 6900 species of harvestmen have been identified, making them one of the most diverse groups of arachnids.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

Looking at the shapes traced by the tags, he matched the locations of the unexpected opsins on the harvestmen to approximately where extra eyes grow on spiders and horseshoe crabs.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

The mix includes bigger spiders, as well as harvestmen.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

The glowing replicas lured an array of ants, cockroaches, flies, beetles, spiders, harvestmen, slugs, snails and centipedes.

From Reuters ● Mar. 19, 2015

This was before special cheap trains were run for harvestmen.

From The Life Story of an Old Rebel by John Denvir


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