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So what’s up with these tiny bunnies that look like spiders? First off, they’re not spiders since they belong to the order Opiliones, not Araneae. But they are arachnids just like spiders. This little guy is a Metagryne bicolumnata, one of the 6,650 species of harvestmen or daddy longlegs if you prefer. Why is the little guy sporting a dark body, two ear-shaped protrusions and a pair of bright yellow false eyes? The truth is that arachnologists don’t really know what purpose those unique tr Spider Mech, Interesting Animals, Beautiful Bugs, Cool Animals, Pretty Animals, Animal Facts, Arachnids, Silly Animals, Weird Animals

So what’s up with these tiny bunnies that look like spiders? First off, they’re not spiders since they belong to the order Opiliones, not Araneae. But they are arachnids just like spiders. This little guy is a Metagryne bicolumnata, one of the 6,650 species of harvestmen or daddy longlegs if you prefer. Why is the little guy sporting a dark body, two ear-shaped protrusions and a pair of bright yellow false eyes? The truth is that arachnologists don’t really know what purpose those unique tr

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Paraphidippus fartilis is a species of arachnid in the family of jumping spiders. (Source: Wikipedia, 'Paraphidippus fartilis', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphidippus_fartilis, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Ieshua Martínez Nápoles, all rights reserved, uploaded by Ieshua Martínez Nápoles)

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