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  1. www.smithsonianmag.com › smart-news › daddy-longlegsDaddy Longlegs Have Four Extra, Hidden Eyes, Researchers Say

    Mar 19, 2024 · The hidden pairs of eyes weren’t a total surprise to the researchers. In 2014, a 305-million-year-old fossilized daddy longlegs found in eastern France had four total eyes —two more than today ...

  2. biocontrol.entomology.cornell.edu › PhalangiumPhalangium opilio - Cornell University

    Phalangium opilio. (Arachnida: Opiliones, Phalangiidae) Harvestman, Daddy longlegs, Harvest spider. Of the many species of harvestmen known, P. opilio tends to be the most common in relatively disturbed habitats such as most crops in temperate regions. Like the spiders and most adult mites, harvestmen have two major body sections and eight legs ...

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  4. www.sciencenews.org › article › daddy-longlegs-howA species of daddy longlegs has been hiding four extra eyes

    Mar 14, 2024 · Despite its two-eyed appearance, Phalangium opilio has six peepers. The four extra eyes — leftovers of evolution — shed light on the evolutionary history of daddy longlegs. ljphoto7/iStock ...

  5. royalsocietypublishing.org › doi › 10The genome of a daddy-long-legs (Opiliones) illuminates the ...

    Aug 4, 2021 · (a) Phalangium opilio draft genome assembly. The draft assembly of the P. opilio genome comprises 580.4 Mbp (37.5% GC content) in 5137 scaffolds (N50: 211 089) and 8349 contigs (N50: 127 429; electronic supplementary material, figure S1 and table S5). The predicted genome repetitiveness is 54.4% and estimated heterozygosity is 1.24%.

    • Guilherme Gainett, Vanessa L. González, Jesús A. Ballesteros, Emily V. W. Setton, Caitlin M. Baker, ...
    • 2021

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  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Phalangium_opilioPhalangium opilio - Wikipedia

    P. opilio is a generalist predator and scavenger that feeds on soft-bodied animals found in crops, such as aphids, caterpillars, leafhoppers, beetle larvae, and mites. Sometimes it may also scavenge on hard-bodied animals, such as various arthropods, including other harvestmen. [6]

  8. academic.oup.com › ee › articlePopulation Characteristics of Phalangium opilio (Opiliones ...

    Feb 1, 2002 · The harvestman Phalangium opilio L. (Opiliones: Phalangiidae) has been identified as a predator in a number of agroecosystems, including New Zealand strawberries, alfalfa, and cabbage, and potato fields in Scotland and Michigan (Ashby and Pottinger 1974, Leathwick and Winterbourne 1984, Butcher et al. 1988, Dixon and McKinlay 1989, Drummond et ...

  9. academic.oup.com › ee › articleEffect of Diet on Development and Reproduction of the ...

    Feb 1, 2005 · The harvestman Phalangium opilio L. is an abundant predator in an array of habitats, including agricultural systems. In these systems, P. opilio has been noted to feed on pest species (e.g., Colorado potato beetle larvae, various aphid species, and lepidopteran eggs).