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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

But despite harvestmen’s variety — there are more than 6,000 species in the group — there is no sign of duplication in the harvestman genome, the researchers report.

From New York Times Aug. 6, 2021

She had heard that Daddy was a harvestman.

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

Citizen scientists have helped researchers uncover how parental care evolved in harvestmen, a group of spider like arachnids, by contributing observations through the popular nature platform iNaturalist.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Arachnids include spiders, scorpions, harvestmen and other arthropods, and divining the relationships among this sprawling group of organisms is tricky.

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 Denvir, John




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