European Harvestman

The European harvestman, Phalangium opilio, is a species of harvestman found across Europe, North and Central Asia and Asia Minor, and introduced to North America, North Africa and New Zealand, where it has become one of the most common and widespread harvestmen in human-altered landscapes such as gardens, farmland and urban areas. Adults measure roughly 3.5 to 9 millimeters in body length, with the characteristic long, delicate legs of the group, and males are distinguished by enlarged pedipalps and horn-like projections on their chelicerae that females lack. It is a generalist predator and scavenger that feeds mainly at night, taking soft-bodied insects such as aphids and caterpillars along with whatever carrion it finds.