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Kōrero: Spiders and other arachnids

Male harvestman

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Male harvestman

The males and females of these native relatives of the common daddy-long-legs look so different that they were thought to be different species. The male is usually black and has huge crane-like chelicerae (appendages).

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by Simon Pollard

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Simon Pollard, Spiders and other arachnids – Other arachnids – spider relatives, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12727/male-harvestman (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Pollard, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.