Harvestmen, or daddy longlegs, are common around East Texas. Worldwide there are more than 37 families of harvestmen, with 18 species reported in Texas. They may scare many people but they are ...

Let’s start with what harvestmen are not. They are not men, nor do they harvest; they probably get their name from the time of year they’re commonly spotted, in late summer or early fall. Though eight ...

Scientists have identified genes that make a harvestman arachnid’s appendages able to twirl like a monkey’s tail. By Veronique Greenwood The harvestman makes its way through the mossy woodland on ...

Harvestmen are often scavengers, like this one that came to eat from moth bait painted on the trees. They have eight long, skinny legs and rounded bodies. They crawl all over trees and logs, finding ...

Daddy longlegs are their own order. Nothing to be scared of. Photo courtesy Ryan Poplin/Flickr/Creative Commons Earlier this month, Vine user Pablo Barroeta of Cholula, Mexico, posted a video showing ...

TOP: An eastern harvestman, Leiobunum vitattum. ABOVE: A common harvestman, Phalangium opilio. Stacey Clementz Stacey Clementz Eastern harvestman, Leiobunum vitattum ...

A scientist has discovered a harvestman with a leg span of more than 33 centimetres. The creature found during a research trip to Laos is one of the largest representatives of the entire order ...

Harvestmen, commonly called Daddy Longlegs, are arachnids, like spiders, but they differ from spiders in several key areas: they have no venom glands; the have only one body segment, rather than two; ...

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This was our first full winter in our down-sized home. I am used to the sounds of the house, but something new started a few weeks ago — stink bugs. They were hiding all over, and on warm days they ...

Vision vestige An ancient fossilised harvestman discovered in Eastern France, commonly called daddy-long-legs in the northern hemisphere, had one more pair of eyes than their modern-day descendants.