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Three photos on August 2016, Draper, Salt Lake County, Utah - ©Nicky Davis
November 15, 2004 - Taylorsville, Salt Lake County, Utah  - ©CLDavis

Family tree: Arachnid Opiliones

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Opiliones are commonly called shepherd spiders, harvest spiders or harvestmen. have no spinning organs, no venom, round bulbous bodies and very long legs and generally small (bodies up to about 7 mm long). Their colors provide protection from predators but should they be attacked, they are usually able to repel the attacker with a repugnant secretion from odiferous glands.

reference: Iziko Museums of Cape Town