amazing content! Love seeing animals in their living spaces, and you being careful not to hurt them in any way; just examining and showing us how they look.
Oh, I really like harvestmans. I'm actually breeding 5 of them, and I've just gotten interest in the harvestman in this vidio too. Thank you for introducing us such a beautiful creature.
When they get that big they are normally very old and haven't long to live. Loved them as a kid. We just called them daddy long legs and would put our hands down for them to walk across. After a while they realized they were on some large animal and would walk off fast.
Absolutely fascinating wildlife video. Harvestmen are such delicate creatures that I actually feel kind of sad for them, thinking of how they often lose their limbs.
So I think these bog ones have now arrived in Germany. I remember seeing one when I was 16 years old but then never again, and now they can be found in really big aggregations
I’m not entirely sure, especially considering that they possess no venom, but there’s at least one record of such an occurrence. There are some that have a legspan greater than 20cm, so size is likely quite an important factor. I have seen a video of one picking up an autotomized skink’s tail (that was still writhing) in its chelicerae though.
