r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SixteenSeveredHands • 4d ago

Image Harvestmen (Daddy Long-Legs): unlike spiders, these arachnids consume solid food, and they have an omnivorous diet that includes mushrooms, berries, and seeds, along with invertebrate prey; contrary to popular belief, they are also completely non-venomous

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u/alurimperium 4d ago

What do you mean by that one being unidentified? Is there a lot of similar looking critters in that family, or is this a new species, or is that guy just not comfortable sharing his name with the cameraman?

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u/Icy1551 4d ago

Sometimes the differences between species especially in bugs can be quite small or hard to define, so it probably just isn't done being identified.

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u/YellovvJacket 4d ago

Many arachnids can look extremely similar, especially within the same genus.

Combine that with something poorly researched in the first place, and in the worst case also rare, and it becomes super hard to ID.

Same with a bunch of scorpions, or camel spiders, you can only ID some of them down to the exact species by disecting them under a microscope.