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9:24 r/spiders ↑ 868 136 502 . . . TO Opiliones ARE arachnids. Can't you? working as intended then! 2 ← ↑ 3 Harvestman-man • 1d There's an additional hypothesis that this behavior is related to water retention (which seems more likely to me, especially for OP's species). Opiliones are vulnerable to water loss through evaporation, and are generally non-cannibalistic (as adults), so they may naturally congregate around certain more humid microhabitats, and the dense overlapping of their legs may reduce evaporation by blocking airflow across the spiracles. However, I don't think it's accurate say that they are "known" to gather together for any reasons; we don't actually "know" the true reason, these are all just hypotheses. Thank you Harvestman-man! Add a comment ↑ 11

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