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Originally Posted by Daradon
It says that the camel spider is not really a spider like many other 'harvestmen'. I wonder if they mean the huntsmen that are found in Austraila. It's a rather large term used for many species of spider that doesn't spin webs, it actually hunts it's prey, like this camel spider.
"Some larger types resemble tarantulas, and may be mistaken for them, as the Huntsman is related (which is why the term "Australian tarantula" has sometimes been used to describe them by the Natural History Museum in Sydney)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsman_spider |
A harvestman is a daddy longlegs.
What a dodgy Wikipedia article... there is no Natural History Museum in Sydney. I assume they refer to the Australian Museum but that has much more than just natural history.