Dancersend

By Dancersend

Best legs competition winner

I find harvestmen fascinating - the perfect design of that little body slung beneath massive legs, the speed they can move into a hiding place and somehow less threatening than spiders. With just 23 different species in Britain it ought to make them a satisfying group to record. However, I know very little about them. I think this is Leiobunum rotundum, the commonest species. I photographed it at the nature reserve, but could just as easily have found it in my garden. Now is the peak time to see them, as the fields are being harvested, hence the common name.

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