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Also Known As	harvestman • daddy long legs • Opiliones

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A common cellar spider, Pholcus phalangioides, also known as daddy long legs, stands on its web with its long, thin legs extended.

Illustration of a daddy longlegs, or Opiliones, showing its small, rounded body and extremely long, thin legs, characteristic of this arachnid order.

A harvestman, or daddy longlegs, with a small brown body and long thin legs, stands on a textured green leaf.

Chart titled Diversity of arachnids comparing a Silurian fossil scorpion and 11 living groups, including spiders, scorpions, mites, daddy longlegs, sunspiders, whip scorpions, and false scorpions. Illustrations show their varied forms and typical size ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 210 millimeters; fossil anatomy labels identify pincers, pedipalps, legs, and body sections.

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