Phalangium opilio
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A fairly commonly encountered Harvestman. We found several of this long-legged species on Heather at Budby South Forest in September 2009. The distinctive male is illustrated in the top two photographs, whilst the female is shown below. Females turned up in our own garden and also in Mansfield, during the Summer of 2010.
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UK distribution of Phalangium opilio
 

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Updated September 2011

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