Unusual, wall hugging critter ?
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Unusual, wall hugging critter ?
I noticed this little critter on the garage wall while washing the car. It looks a bit like a Harvester but laid out flat against the wall, an oddun When I touched it, it raised itself up and looked similar to a Harvester. Can anyone confirm what it is ?
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Re: Unusual, wall hugging critter ?
Yep, it's a Harvestman. I've not seen that behaviour before, guess it is something they do to avoid being too easily visible to potential predators, or maybe to avoid frozen legs?
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Re: Unusual, wall hugging critter ?
Cheers It was quite windy, so maybe an attempt to avoid being blown off.Conifers wrote:Yep, it's a Harvestman. I've not seen that behaviour before, guess it is something they do to avoid being too easily visible to potential predators, or maybe to avoid frozen legs?
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Re: Unusual, wall hugging critter ?
I have seen them do this quite often. It always reminds me of rollerskaters when they skate under a limbo pole but in a spiders world!
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