Insects in Literature 6

Insectifera 1996, Vol 4, (1996)
English translation auto-generated by AI from the scanned Swedish original — may contain errors.

The harvestman wanders high on blade of grass,
home or away on leaves in the still evening.

The body at the center appears small as a seed.

The eight legs grope widely out, threadbare and slender.
It takes up almost no space

only its contours

# HARVESTMEN

CLASS Arachnoidea arachnids
ORDER Opiliones harvestmen

Harvestmen are most easily recognized by their very long and thin four pairs of walking legs. The longest legs can become up to 20 times the body length. In contrast to true spiders, harvestmen have the prosoma and opisthosoma joined together along their entire width. The prosoma is covered by a dorsal shield.

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A brief poetic introduction to harvestmen (Opiliones) with taxonomic classification and a note on their highly distinctive elongated legs.
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LÅCKEN

Låcken vandrar trådbenshög

hem eller bort på löv i stilla afton.

Kroppen i centrum syns liten som ett frö.

De åtta benen treva vidlyftigt ut, finmagert smala.
Han upptar nästan inget rum

bara dess konturer

LOCKESPINDLAR

KLASS Arachnoidea spindeldjur
ORDNING Opiliones lockespindlar

Lockespindlar känns väl lättast igen på sina mycket långa och
tunna fyra par av gångben. De längsta benen kan bli upp till 20
gånger kroppslängden. I motsats till de egentliga spindlarna
har lockespindlarna framkropp och bakkropp förenade i hela sin
bredd. Framkroppen är täckt av en ryggsköld.

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