brown daddy-long-legs |
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Leiobunum ventricosum |
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| Order | Opiliones (Harvestmen) |
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| Suborder | Palpatores |
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| Family | Sclerosomatidae |
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| Habitat | Fields, woods. Low tree branches, shrubs, thick vegetation. |
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| Identification | Light brown in color, including the cephalothorax, abdomen, and legs. A marking on the back, called a central figure, is slightly darker brown with a pale border. |
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| Food | Insects, spiders, small slugs, snails, earthworms, caterpillars, beetle larvae, bird droppings, fungus, and other harvestmen. |
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| Comments | The name brown daddy-long-legs refers to several species in the genus Leiobunum as well as a number of species in other genera, which otherwise have no common name. |
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