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#iNaturalist did a feature article in August on Sebastian Doak, the man who has seen and photographed more *Algidia viridata* than anyone, by a considerable margin.
I've looked but not found one yet (I spend too much of my life on the wrong side of the South Island).
Say's armored harvestman (Libitioides sayi). Reported to hunt slow-moving arthropods but like most opiliones not opposed to scavenging. At night they clump together with others of the same species (use a 365nm flashlight to find them, because they fluoresce). Found under a log near the Mississippi River in West Feliciana Parish, LA. #harvestman #opiliones #cosmetidae #arachnid #nature #louisiana
Check out this outrageous NZ harvestman photographed by Sebastian Doak earlier this month near Charleston on the west coast of the South Island.
It's called Algidia viridata ssp. bicolor (yes, another incredible endemic NZ invertebrate still lacking a catchy common name). I've never seen one, but I want to!
The photos on the observation are CC-BY Sebastian Doak.
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/337191626
#entomology #nz #Opiliones #harvestman #green #iNaturalistNZ #iNaturalist
Good morning. 🕸️🕷️👻
29 October 2025
Suddenly, the light dims—then brightens again. Not a flicker, exactly, more like a slow, deliberate pulse. Something feels off. I get that prickly sensation, like I'm being watched, and the hairs on the back of my neck rise in alarm. I scan the room. Nothing there. Or at least, nothing visible.
Still, the feeling lingers. Then I spot Charlie, curled up in the corner, eyes locked on me, tracking my every move. I exhale. That’s the thing about dogs—they’re always watching, always present. And somehow, that makes it okay.
People say dogs can see things we can’t. Spirits, maybe. I don’t buy into ghosts and the supernatural, but I keep an open mind. Hmm… are ghosts and spirits the same? Or is it like vampires and zombies—both undead, but with different appetites. Vampires suck blood, zombies eat brains. I’m getting off track.
If you’ve got a dog, you’ve probably seen it: you’re sitting at home, and suddenly your dog is staring—ears perked, body alert—at something you can’t see. It sends a shiver up your spine as you ask, “What are you looking at?” And if they growl? Bonus shivers.
Charlie does this all the time. Usually through the kitchen, toward the garage. He hears cars pass the driveway, waiting to see if someone’s arriving. I think. But maybe… it’s something else. 👻
"Many cultures historically associate dogs with spiritual realms, viewing them as protectors or guides for souls.” — BrainWiseMind
“Ghosts aren’t physical phenomena to be picked up by the senses. So some form of non-sensory perception would be needed to perceive a ghost… Dogs and cats—and likely most animals—are psychic, just like humans.” - Loyd Auerbach, parapsychologist
“Maybe, instead of seeing something spooky, they are orienting their heads to smells and sounds to help them perceive these stimuli better." - Ellen Furlong, psychology professor at Transylvania University
#Arachtober 23nd
European Harvestman (Phalangium opilio)
#Harvestman #ArtWithOpenSource #CCBYSA #Darktable #Arachnid #Arachnids #Harvestmen #Opiliones #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Arthropod #Arthropods #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography
#Arachtober 23nd
European Harvestman (Phalangium opilio)
#Harvestman #ArtWithOpenSource #CCBYSA #Darktable #Arachnid #Arachnids #Harvestmen #Opiliones #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Arthropod #Arthropods #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography
#Arachtober 19th
Canestrini's Harvestman (Opilio canestrinii)
#Harvestman #ArtWithOpenSource #CCBYSA #Darktable #Arachnid #Arachnids #Harvestmen #Opiliones #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Arthropod #Arthropods #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography
Heute hat mich an der Hauswand dieser freundliche Geselle begrüßt: ein Streckfuß (Dicranopalpus ramosus).
Besonders auffällig neben der namensgebenden Haltung der Beine sind die geteilten Pedipalpen. Habe ich so zum ersten Mal gesehen. 🤩
#Spider #Pedipalps #Spinne #Weberknecht #Harvestman #DaddyLongLegs
#Arachtober 19th
Canestrini's Harvestman (Opilio canestrinii)
#Harvestman #ArtWithOpenSource #CCBYSA #Darktable #Arachnid #Arachnids #Harvestmen #Opiliones #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Arthropod #Arthropods #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography
The #harvestman Opilio canestrinii in #Bath #Somerset #UK. An introduced species first seen in Great Britain in 1999 & spreading rapidly.
#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #ukwildlife #bathnature
I got a "critters" and an "everything lava tube" answer. So enjoy this one from a lava tube cave in Oregon: it is a Harvestman, Taracus marchingtoni
#cave #caves #caving #nature #science #biology #harvestman #entomology #critters
Canestrini's Harvestman (Opilio canestrinii)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canestrini%27s_Harvestman_(Opilio_canestrinii)_-_B%C3%A6rum,_Norway_2021-08-15_(02).jpg
#Harvestman #Opiliones #Arachnid #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Arachnids #Harvestmen #Animal #Animals #Arthropod #Arthropods #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
Canestrini's Harvestman (Opilio canestrinii)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canestrini%27s_Harvestman_(Opilio_canestrinii)_-_B%C3%A6rum,_Norway_2021-08-15_(01).jpg
#Harvestman #Opiliones #Arachnid #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Arachnids #Harvestmen #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
...and finally, with the fourth movement here, I now have the full box:
#IHäxa: i Häxa
https://album.link/dcng6pxpd7wn9
Eastern harvestman (𝘓𝘦𝘪𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮) living his best life in the staghorn sumac (𝘙𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢), from September 2019:
#DaddyLongLegs #harvestman #opiliones #arachnids #WildFruit #sumac
Eastern harvestman (𝘓𝘦𝘪𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮) reaches the summit:
#harvestman #opiliones #DaddyLongLegs #TextureTuesday #concrete
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#MetalInjection
The Weekly Injection: New Releases From POWERWOLF, GHOST & More Out This Week 7/26
Plus releases from Category 7, Dream Evil, Harvestman, Mountaineer, Respire, and Summon The Lich
#POWERWOLF #GHOST #Category7 #DreamEvil #Harvestman #Mountaineer #Respire #SummonTheLich
Harvestman (aka Steve Von Till) shares “Galvanized And Torn Open”
Throughout 2024, and marking three full moons, Harvestman (a.k.a. Steve Von Till) will be presenting his ambitious Triptych project, a three-part album cycle. This album trilogy is a distillation of a unique approach that finds a continuity amongst the fragmented, treating all its myriad music
A little harvestman sits at the center of a fiddlehead's spiral, like a minotaur at the center of a maze.
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
The Weekly Injection: New Releases From DARKTHRONE, DEICIDE & More Out Today 4/26
Plus releases from Full Of Hell, Glassing, Harvestman, Inter Arma, Ou, and Glassing.
#darkthrone #deicide #fullofhell #glassing #harvestman #interarma #ou #stvincent
Neurosis’ Steve Von Till breaks down new Harvestman album track-by-track + early stream
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/neurosis-steve-von-till-breaks-down-new-harvestman-album-track-by-track-early-stream/
#brooklynvegan_category_music #Heavy_Metal #Music #Harvestman #Neurosis #Steve_Von_Till #Track_By_Track
@xannziee You may have been visited by an ominous figure...
#Harvestman #SecondLife #VirtualWorlds #Cosplay
Tolus appalachius
In honor of the Opiliones that years ago entered the kitchen & climbed the counter - to eat Schnitzel crumbs! It rotated a crumb like a cob of corn.
#arachnid #opiliones #harvestman #schnitzel #germanartists #germanart #art #mastoart #fediart
